Quick Update From Last Night

Hey guys -

Just wanted to post something really quick. I went to the hospital after school yesterday and dad was in xrays most of the day. Uncle Scott came up there and waited to see Dad, only getting to see him about 5 min before visiting hours were over.

Breanna came into town yesterday, and Mom and I were so excited to see her and get to spend time with her! YAY! She was sooo happy to see Dad and was so surprised to see how well he was doing.

Tiff surprised us and also came home yesterday --- so it was nice for all Dad's favorite girls to be there yesterday. He did talk yesterday a very little bit with his new trach piece in. He said "hi" to me after I begged for a while. When I was talking to him and asked him how he was doing he said 'fine' and smiled. He agreed that he was much more comfortable without the traction on his leg. It was obvious that all the pain meds he was on yesterday were making him really tired.

I asked him if he was happy he got to eat the applesauce earlier - to have some food - and he nodded yes :) He seemed to be in good spirits yesterday, despite being tired. They took out his feeding tube, don't know if they will put it back. I wish they wouldn't and would just let him eat but we will see what happens. I asked him if he was hungry and nodded in good agreement.

Uncle Bill (Mom's brother) came to visit last night also, and has been in china for the past three weeks, so he was pleasantly surprised to see how well he was doing. This is my 'hippie' uncle --- and told Dad "I heard you are a democrat now!" because Bill is always ranting about how great democrats are and Dad argues with him about it usually. Dad laughed and smiled really big. He thought that was funny --- he also thought it was funny and laughed when he said that "Hillary Clinton was elected president!" ...

I will write more later if I hear any new news from Mom or the girls at the hospital today.

All my love ----

Meg