First Post!
Jan. 7th, 2011 09:55 amI was gonna do that whole retrospective thing, but that can be my second post. My first post must deal with the resulting Christmas stuff.
So, my dad is doing really, really well. Going out to dinner, going shopping, doing stuff with my mom sorts of well. He had some fluid develop around one lung that made him short of breath for a while, but they were monitoring it and it went away on its own. Yay. It seems silly in retrospect that we canceled our trip for Christmas given that he's doing so well, but I still think it was the right thing to do. Also, I got to be with both my kids and Matt at home for Christmas, and I wouldn't trade anything for that opportunity.
My grandfather apparently has some issues going on, a hernia to be precise that they don't want to operate for because he's, you know, either 99 or will be in a couple of weeks (need to check that) and they're afraid if they give him anesthesia he won't wake up. That said, I'm pretty sure there are ways to deal with a hernia that don't involve a general, depending on the type and whatnot.
The boys got all kinds of stuff. I think they had a really good Christmas. I called them and they got my mom's present -- a computer for their own. They were pretty pleased. :) One of the coolest gifts they got, actually, was from Matt. He ran a Low Life game for them the second night they were here, I think, and they had a great time and really got into character. They didn't have the setting book, though they did have and like Savage Worlds. So, as a surprise, Matt called Andy Hopp, bought a copy of Low Life from him and asked him to draw their characters in the inside cover. When it came in, he gave it to them and they both just stood there grinning at it. Yesterday on Skype, Al asked me again to thank both Matt and Andy. :)
I'm sad I didn't get to go see my parents at Christmas, I really am. At the same time... it meant so much to me to have my kids here to get to know Matt and his kids and everything better. It really was the best Christmas I could have asked for, and I'm so glad I had the opportunity to have it. I'm a very lucky woman.
So, my dad is doing really, really well. Going out to dinner, going shopping, doing stuff with my mom sorts of well. He had some fluid develop around one lung that made him short of breath for a while, but they were monitoring it and it went away on its own. Yay. It seems silly in retrospect that we canceled our trip for Christmas given that he's doing so well, but I still think it was the right thing to do. Also, I got to be with both my kids and Matt at home for Christmas, and I wouldn't trade anything for that opportunity.
My grandfather apparently has some issues going on, a hernia to be precise that they don't want to operate for because he's, you know, either 99 or will be in a couple of weeks (need to check that) and they're afraid if they give him anesthesia he won't wake up. That said, I'm pretty sure there are ways to deal with a hernia that don't involve a general, depending on the type and whatnot.
The boys got all kinds of stuff. I think they had a really good Christmas. I called them and they got my mom's present -- a computer for their own. They were pretty pleased. :) One of the coolest gifts they got, actually, was from Matt. He ran a Low Life game for them the second night they were here, I think, and they had a great time and really got into character. They didn't have the setting book, though they did have and like Savage Worlds. So, as a surprise, Matt called Andy Hopp, bought a copy of Low Life from him and asked him to draw their characters in the inside cover. When it came in, he gave it to them and they both just stood there grinning at it. Yesterday on Skype, Al asked me again to thank both Matt and Andy. :)
I'm sad I didn't get to go see my parents at Christmas, I really am. At the same time... it meant so much to me to have my kids here to get to know Matt and his kids and everything better. It really was the best Christmas I could have asked for, and I'm so glad I had the opportunity to have it. I'm a very lucky woman.