A little bit of everything...Merry Christmas

I have been so busy lately that I haven't had an opportunity to update the blog. This is going to be a little bit of everything that has been going on.

First, Papi is out of the hospital and doing well. His surgery went great and he is staying with Oscar and Sanalis in Augusta, GA. He has a lot of people visiting him but a phone call to see how he is doing is always appreciated.

Patrick is also doing much better. He had an infection that was the reason for the lumps that he found. He is on medication to help with that. He also has a new car to drive so he isn't walking anymore. Patrick is working hard as always and loves to hear from everyone.

With everything going on I didn't mention Robert's birthday that was on Nov. 25th. It was his Golden Birthday...25 on the 25th.

I remember mine back on Christmas of 1997. I was in the Navy standing duty watch because we were in the Persian Gulf. I also was working on an emergency project for SEAL Team 6 (called Dev Group) making some motor mounts for them because they were stranded on shore and needed to get their boats back to the ship.

As today is my birthday I am just hanging out at Dusty's house (Wendy's brother) as we spent most of the morning opening up presents.

I hope everyone has a great Christmas and don't forget to call Mami and Papi.

-Michael

Patrick's Life

As I spoke with Patrick earlier this week I found out some interesting things going on in his life...

First he is without a car since the camshaft broke about a month ago. He told me he has been walking everywhere.

Is he crazy!!

Let's think about this for a second.

• It's winter in Indiana
• he just had surgery
  
• It's WINTER!! (I get cold just thinking about it)

Ok so I put winter twice, but really I have been watching the news and it's really cold up there right now.

On a more important note...I know what can be more important than walking around in the winter, well...

Patrick found 4 more lumps last week end under his arm. Hopefully they can be removed and not cause a problem. Patrick only has his cell number right now if you need it give me a call and I will pass it on to you.

Update on Patrick

I spoke with Patrick today and he told me that they did the biopsy on the tumor and it's not malignant! Great News!

He will still be out of work recovering for the next couple of weeks so hopefully he gets better soon so he can get back to work soon (I know he needs the money from work)

Get Well Soon, Patrick!

-Michael

Patrick's Surgery

Just thought I would put an update on the site since Patrick has been down and out. He had his surgery on this past Thursday and had a tumor removed that was about the size of a baseball. It was out patient surgery so he was out of the hospital the same day. He will be out of work for about the next two week. If you have a chance please call him on his cell (house phone is no longer active) and give him your support.

-Michael

Patrick's Birthday

It was Patrick's Birthday yesterday and he turned 36! Where has the time gone? Even though I called him yesterday I haven't been able to speak with him yet. I thought I would post a little note and encourage everyone to contact him if you haven't already.

Happy Birthday Patrick!

-Michael