Wednesday was a momentous day for my family. There was life and there was death. My brother Grant and his wife Lindsey had their first baby Wednesday morning. Beautiful baby Tara Noel came into this world at 12:04 p.m. The first girl grand baby for my parents. It was a special day for me and my wife because for the first time we were aunts and uncles. We’ve got two scrapping boys, Jadon 3 and Jonah 1, but not nieces or nephews. Now it’s time to return the spoiling favor to my brother and sister-in-law. I tried to give Tara a sucker on her 2nd day in this world but her mom wouldn’t have it. Watch it Lindsey, it’s coming : ) Wednesday was a day of great celebration as we watched one of God’s miracles come to be with us here on earth.
Wednesday was a momentous day for my family. There was life and there was death. My great grandma, Granny Bookout, passed away and went to be with Jesus. She was in her eighties and had lived for Jesus every moment I’ve known her. My Grandpa Bookout passed away when I was in junior high (over 13 years ago). Since that day she has been ready. She was my Great Grandma and my boys Great Great Grandma. Luckily she got to spend some time with both our boys before she went on. Wednesday was a of great celebration as we watched one of God’s children go to be with Him forever in eternity. Love you Granny!
It’s funny that in times of great pain and discomfort we find a way to celebrate the little things, but in our days of normal living we find a way to be negative about little things. There’s a good life lesson right there.
Today Dad went on 5 walks, sat up and did exercises, ate jello, and moved to a clear fluids diet. Today we celebrated little things. Who would have thought that taking a bite of jello and passing some gas were notable accomplishments. : )
I’m running night shift again and letting Mom sleep at the hotel. Surprisingly enough, I’m pretty comfortable in this blue reclining hospital chair (another small celebration:)
Ask yourself this today/tonight….
Are you celebrating the little accomplishments?
Today has been another good day. Dad got up and walked several times and has been able to rest. His pain levels have been down slightly and his day seemed to go by quicker. Currently the doctors are a little concerned about a few things. They ran a vascular test on his veins and arteries around his kidney and then a test on his kidney. Both seemed to be functioning properly.
Prayer request: The concerns right now are that he is still on oxygen and that he hasn’t passed gas (seriously). Specifically that is two areas you can pray for. This marks a first for me…I’ve never asked anyone to pray for gas. : )
Prayer request: this week I’ve had a pestering tooth ache and went to a HNL (hole nother level) today. My beautiful wife called our dentist and got some meds prescribed to me. If you can, pray for my tooth to be patient until I can get home.
And finally, the last Prayer request/Praise report. One of the things the doctors speculated was that this surgery could possibly fix my dad’s blood pressure issues he’s had for 15 years now. Praise Report: so far the last 36 hours my dad’s blood pressure has been perfect with no meds, Prayer Request: that this continues.