What's been going on

Dad driving his new lawnmower from the neighbors!

Jack (Dave's son) and dad on Thanksgiving

Dad and I

Happy Holidays!

Kelly, my sister in law, made an Elf Yourself video and it is hillarious. I showed my students and one of them said, "Oh look! Your dad has his leg back!" I laughed so hard.

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/G6ozridjTid9kowe

AND, our amazing neighbors bought dad a riding lawnmower that has pedals on the left side so dad can drive it! Yay!!!!! I will upload pics of it soon! Thank you so much! We are SO lucky to have amazing neighbors like ours! Wow!

Gobble, Gobble! Enjoy your Thanksgivig!!!

New Leg on the Way!

Dad went to the doctor today and it took him two hours because they fitted him for his prosthesis! He will get his new leg Nov. 29th!!!! He will have to go to out patient rehab but we are still working out the details with that. Hopefully he will get to go to a rehab closer to home. Yay!!! Mom is going to Nashville for the weekend so I am hanging out with dad. I have to come up with something to do tomorrow for some father/daughter time! Happy weekend!!!

Back home

Dad is finally back home. They got the blood thinner meds to level out and he went home this evening. He is happy to be home and hopefully feeling better soon. The pneumonia is still there but he is on antibiotics to help with that. The blood clots will slowly dissolve in the body and the blood thinner will prevent him from getting more blood clots. Thank you to all the neighbors who generously gave mom and dad a gift certificate for a large family dinner in time for the Thanksgiving holiday! We are excited to have the family in and spend time together!

Still at the hospital

Dad is still in the hospital. He had a doctor's appointment today and they said it was okay for him to be on coumadin (spelling?) the blood thinner. Hopefully once they get the blood thinner regulated, dad will come home. Go Cards!

Back to the hospital we go

So dad's discomfort and pain in his chest turned out to be blood clots and they also found pneumonia.  They are running test to see where the blood clots are located. He is in the heart hospital of St. John's to get these tests done to find out what side of the heart the clots might be in. Dad is in good spirits, just annoyed that he is back here. I will keep you posted! Go Cards!

Things lately

Dad is doing good. He is complaining that his chest hurts really bad and feels like he broke a rib coughing and he is coughing stuff up. He goes to the doctor next week and mom is going to try to get him another appointment with the trauma doctor to see what is going on. His leg is shrinking which is good. Most of his scabs are healing and that means it is almost time for a prosthetic! Jeff and Cindy were in town last weekend and helped around the house with stuff that needed to be done. Here are a few pictures of the events. He replaced the noisy fan, fixed the toilets, added blinds, and much much more!

Here is Jeff and Cindy adding a new fan and the blinds

This is Cindy, Jeff's girlfriend, being ducked taped because she suggested some of these projects and Jeff joked that he was going to duck tape her mouth so he didn't have anymore projects to do.

Here is dad saying he is going to take Jeff's tools. Dad was upstairs a lot this past weekend because we figured out an easier way to get him in the house through the front door. He was so funny wheeling around and saying how much easier it is than he thought it would be to get around upstairs.