Update on Papi

I know... I know...It's been long overdue, but I am finally updating after his surgery. He is doing really well and can actually drive himself around now. He will be heading back to his house later this week. This entire time he has been staying with Oscar in Augusta.

For everyone that took the time to call Papi really appreciates it, and for everyone else...Get on the phone! it won't kill you :)

Here's to another day above the daisies!

-Michael

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.

A Quadruple Bypass!

Sorry for the delay in updating the blog. The military hospital didn't have an internet connection that I could use and the internet was down were I was staying.

Papi went into the hospital on Monday 12/10 and had the surgery on 12/11. He was in the operating room from about 6:30am until almost 5pm. The only issue that the doctors had was stopping the bleeding once the surgery was complete. He is now out of ICU and in a private room. You can reach him on his cell phone or call the nurse's station at (706) 787-9225. You will need a password to find out anything about him. The word is "Christmas" (I thought I would make it easy for everyone to remember.)

He does have a direct phone line to the room but I don't know what it is since I didn't write it down. He's in room 1105-A at Eisenhower hospital in Fort Gordon. Dr. Cooper, his surgeon, said if everything continues to go well he will be released on Monday 12/17.

I know he will enjoy hearing from everyone so don't hesitate to call.

Papi Health goes down hill

I've been really busy lately going back and forth from Florida and Georgia because Papi is going to have open heart surgery this Friday Dec 7th. He will actually go into the hospital on Dec 6th so they can do prep work for a 3-5 bypass surgery.

The surgery will be at the Eisenhower hospital on Fort Gordon in Augusta, GA. It will begin at 6:30 am. I will try and give out updates as I get them. I will be at the hospital with him and in GA for about a week following the surgery.

If you would like to get a hold of Papi before the surgery his new cell number is (706) 339-6069. You will be able to reach me on my cell as well.

-Michael

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

New Look and Features

Hey everyone!

After a lot of downtime over the last year I have finally decided to updated the blog. It now has a new look and a couple of new features.

Here are the new features...

If you look on the top left you will see a subscriber box. You can enter in your name and email to receive all the updates via your email. Now you won't have to come back and check out if the blog has been updated.

The other thing I did was add all the links that I know of to our families different website and blogs. I tracked down as many as I could and put links to them here. So If you for get you can just come here and check them out.

If you are feeling left out just send me an email and I will add your website(s) to the list.

Also...

If you think of something that you would like me to ad to the blog just say the word and I will work on it. Just send me an email and I will get right on it.

That's it for now...

Michael