The New Year!

Well the New Year began on a high and low note! We took Pop down on the 4th for his Heart Cath to make sure he did not have any blockages and would be able to get his biopsy/surgery later that week. All went well and he was cleared to head to St. Lukes on Thursday. I took Callye to the Dr on Tuesday the 5th and we went to the hospital for a chest x-ray. The Dr. called later that day and said she had a small amount of pnuemonia forming in her lung, so she called in a prescription and told me to keep her at home until Thursday. Chad took off work on Thursday and took Callye to the Dr. so that I could go to the hospital with Pop and the rest of the family for his procedure.

Chad called and said all went well with the Dr. appt and that she sounded much better and the Dr. said she could return to daycare and to have a follow up chest x-ray in 10 days to make sure it is completly cleared up.

We had a very looooooooooooong day on Thursday as we left at 7:30 a.m. and didn't arrive at the hospital until 9:45 a.m. because of the roads and traffic. Pop was not taken back for surgery until 2:30 and then had to sit back there for another 2 hours prior to actually being taken back for the surgery. They called the waiting room at
6:30 to say all was well with the biopsy and they were going ahead with the surgery. Dr. came down about 8:30 and said all went well. He removed the entire upper right lobe of his lung.

He is doing very well after a minor set back on Saturday evening and Sunday morning. He is still in the ICU and the Dr said he will be there thru today but plans to move him back to the 6th floor tmrw.

So as you can see in the first 2 weeks of the new year we have been very busy and all over the place!

It is our way of life and we are very accustomed to if we have to much down time I am not sure we would know what to do. LOL :) I am going to see Pop after work tonight and will let everyone know how he is when I see him.

No slowing down for us, I leave on Thursday for the State Pageant and will return late on Sunday night. I will give updates during the weekend when I have time!

Until next time, keep your head up and a smile on your face :)