my dad

nate spent most of his time on the way up to hali "emailing nana, papa, daddy and quinn" he played with his lap top almost the whole time. which was a life saver for me

so this is what happened

tues morning iwas at mom 2 mom and i left my phone in my bag on the chair but i moved tables to make our craft. as i drove home my phone was ringing off the hook but i couldn't reach the phone to answer it. when i got in the door i had multiply mess to call halifax stat

so i called my sis but got her voice mail

so i called chris and got the semi scoop...that dad was being rushed to the hospital by ambulance for what looked like heart problems

after playing the waiting game for 30 mins, i decided to follow my gut, pack a quick bag, gas the car and go home to hali

i got to my sis's house and we all went to the hospital together. then we found out that dad did have a heart attack and had a splint put in the blocked artery

the next day. we found out that the heart attack was a 9.5 out of 10 and that the second artery was 90% blocked

it was bad enough that this was happening and dealing with the vacation too! mon we were all leaving for florida for 2 weeks and a 1 week cruise

the vacation is paid for and we will get nothing back if we don't go. after a redic amount of talking and talking and crying and searching we have decided to leave on monday....hoping dad will follow(and mom) to join us

today dad had his stress test and positively failed it. meaning he has to have another surgery to place another stint in the 90% blocked artery. the soonest he can get in is tues. dad wants us to take the vacation. after speaking with his cardiologist, there is a great chance that dad and mom can join us in 2 weeks. so we have decided, as much as we hate it and many tears...trust me. MANY tears...that we will leave on mon believing that mom and dad will join us...

it has been one of the worst weeks of my life. the ups and downs, the emotions, tears and sorrow

i decided right off the bat that i would do what i did with ben...1 i will NOT question god and 2. i will NOT get angry, bitter or mad

it's helped

time to lighten this post up!
k. seriously. is there a kid more cuter than this! i adore charlie girl! she is so cute! ha! waiting with uncle jon to see papa

q and n visiting dad for the first time

i don't have words

just tears

making sure dad is ok

both boys are having a hard time
nate refuses to believe that dad won't be coming

hanging with jon in the family wait room

after a long visit with dad yesterday nate crashed

i spent some time with the kiddo's to cheer me up

they baked for me

this morning on the way in to see dad, i decided to tell nate the news that dad will not be coming with us on mon. nate took it bad. the tears, the questions and what surprised me the anger

those are tears

spending time with dad today before we left

great pic of my sis!

being silly on the way home

poser

we came home to mail

a card mom and dad sent nate last week. it's spending money for the trip!

nate was thrilled

he then told me "this is money that papa gave to me to spend on ANYTHING i want" then he paused and said "i will wait for papa to come and spend it with me"

when chris got home, we swapped the 20 with a dollar, bec nate would not let go of it and we were thinking nate would lose it....

see that rocker? got it at a yard sale while back for a buck. nate LOVES it

"this is all for me!"

i am now in a mad dash, panic. today's plan is hair cuts, while throwing laundry in, going to the church to set up for the baby shower tomorrow, then home to START packing, making more arrangements, phone calls, and what not...i am stressing out....

i remind myself of this

God is our refuge and strength,
always ready to help in times of trouble
So we will not fear when earthquakes come
and the mountains crumble into the sea
Let the oceans roar and foam
Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!
A river brings joy to the city of our God

things can't be that bad, there ain't not earthquakes, mtns going into the seas today...

Posted by mel at 10:02 PM