Whew!

What a whirlwind the last few days have been! I guess I'm one of those folks who feels like you need an advocate with you when you're in the hospital. Unfortunately, I've gotten to know my way around Kettering Hospital pretty well the last few years.

John is doing fairly well considering the extent of his surgery. He has a pretty high pain level. He was actually supposed to go home today but that was nixed because we have been without power since last Sunday due to Hurricane Ike. This afternoon, when we found out our power had come back on they let us choose if we wanted to stay and we decided staying would be best - especially with Pam's mom just down the hall.

And now for that update...Marjorie's surgery went very well yesterday morning. The surgeon said it was a tricky and unusual surgery but she came through fine. She was moved from ICU today to John's unit (maybe a little early) and although her blood pressure is a little low and she is uncomfortable, she is doing ok.

Various family members have been in and out to help and Audrey has been keeping the home fires burning and her boyfriend, Caleb, doing lots of yard clean up. John's brother arrives tonight and once we get laundry rolling and the fridge gets cleaned out and restocked, we aught to be in pretty good shape.

Funny story - I think word is getting around the hospital that both John and mom are here as I've had total strangers working on the floor who have stopped me and asked if I was ok. I look at them and ask what they mean? They they explain they know about both family members and have wondered how I'm holding up. A few times I could only stammer, "God is good."