SURGERY!!! THURSDAY!!

Hey guys!

Wow a lot to write about today. The docs came in today and said they don't want to wait longer for the surgery and are scheduling it for tomorrow. Hopefully this will follow through and all will go fine with that!

Today has been a long day for Dad - but a good day. I knew we were wearing him out when he was yawning at me! I had some school stuff to do today and wasn't there the whole time, but when I came during my lunch break he sure was happy to see me. I said Hey dad! and he mouthed hi to me.. which i am not great at reading lips so I said huh like twice and he had to keep saying it until I finally understood.

A case manager came by today to talk about his rehab --- trying to find a good place to put him and stuff. Dedo (Sharon) and I visited with Dad a long time. She made him laugh when she compared his short haircut on the one side where they had shaved it and it is growing back to the haircut his Dad used to give him as a kid. That made him smile big just thinkin about that.

I was talking to him about if he wanted to hurry up and get back to work... he didn't really respond so then I mentioned well I know you miss playing the domino's at lunch time at least right. He laughed a little at that and nodded... I know that is one thing he loves. I always hear about the guys who lose having to take out the trash. :)

David, Dad's boss at work, came in to see Dad today. He was so so excited about all his progress. He was literally tickled pink when he was talking to me. The enthusiasm in his face and in his words was so real. It felt good to know that he is truly loved so much by his coworkers! WOW! That should really say something. David brought a funny picture of Walter and Doug Cutsinger sitting at work in their blue suits --- with their feet propped up not doing anywork because Dad's not there. It said something about the backlog building up !

When I came back up there after I left the school this evening, I walked in the room and he just opens his eyes a little wider to look at me. I smile at him and say Hey!! and this time instead of just a hi --- he mouthed 'hey babe'... I thought that was so sweet.

It is so funny how much of his personality really shines through randomly sometimes. Today mom was asking him questions --- and he just gives her this whatever look sometimes when he really doesn't care about what she is telling him. When we were leaving at 630 for shift change she asked if he wanted the light off and he shrugged his shoulders and gave this look of - doesn't matter either way...

He played the air drums today in beat with the music. He is so cute --- just makes me smile thinking about it! When I left earlier he gave me another wink when I told him I loved him. Mom fussed again about him never winking at her and always just at me. He just looked at her like "you know I love you don't fuss".

Tiff was there again today, and Steve and Tracy Scannell also came to visit. (These are Mom and Dad's friends from their dutch oven group, and I am very close with them because I have worked with Steve and Tracy in their dental practice). He was sleepy when they went up there, but told me he did open his eyes when they told him Megan was coming back in a minute. Makes me get a warm fuzzy all inside! :)

Anyway so surgery tomorrow it looks like. His WBC count isn't as low as they would like for it to be, but I know they wouldn't move forward with surgery if they didn't think it was safe.

I love you all --- and thanks for all the phone calls, hugs, notes, everything. You all continue to be amazing.