Jim Update

Well it's been a month now since Jim's surgery. He has had his staples and catheter removed. When we had our doctors visit to have the catheter and staples removed our doctor was not there so an associate doctor saw us. He said that his patients had permission at this time to ride in a car and do whatever they were comfortable with. Soooooo we decided drive down the hill and have breakfast with Uncle Mark and Uncle Steve and see Pam and Jake. While we were down Jim got a call from an old fire department buddy and we joined the gang for dinner. The next day we stopped on the way home to Big Bear for a follow up appointment with Jim's regular doctor. Boy did we get a tongue lashing! Jim was grounded for three more weeks and still can't lift more than ten pounds. But I must say that he is getting a lot better. That is physically, I think that he is really anxious to get to go out in the yard and work on the jeep. It's going to be a very long recovery, much longer than even his heart surgery.
Of course I've been busy taking care of Jim. But also Jim's Dad has taken a turn for the worse. The weekend Jim came home from the hospital Merrill fell and broke his hip. We thought he would bounce back OK but that's not the case. He is doing very poorly. We have put him on Hospice and know that he is more comfortable now. I've been going to see him every other day, mostly to help with feeding him, he is eating very little. At least Jim feels better since he can't go too.
I'll keep you all updated on Jim and Merrill and would really appreciate your prayers for them both.

My visit with the Budd's

I had a great time visiting Jeff, Wendy, Micah and Kaia. I had to wait until Jim felt better to have the opportunity to visit them and was so excited when I made the flight reservations. It was a short visit but I got to see the new baby and she is adoreable!
Of course here is the new proud big brother and his new baby sister, Micah is a big helper....
Here is Kaia, look at that head of hair!  So far she is a good baby and a good eater.
We spent some special time at the park just for Micah.  He is full of energy and so smart.
Wendy is amazing! Such a good mom.
Jeff is a big help too. He and Micah spent time reading and building special projects.  And by the way Jeff has started his new census job and it sounds interesting.

I had such a god visit. Thanks Jeff and Wendy!