A summary...

of my week. Let's start with Monday shall we?
My dad, having surgery to remove a mass on his adrenal gland(on the kidney) ok..I'm thinking a couple of hours surgery, recovery, etc. Be back at work by noonish...No. After 2 1/2 hours, mom and I are thinking...did they have to Open him up...no more Laproscopic surgery? Thankfully, my cousin works in the OR...she found out it's just taking a while...ok. 4 hours later.. around noonish the Dr comes out...all went well, it just took awhile, every time he "touched" the adrenal gland to remove it..my dad's BP sky-rocketed. Doesn't think it's cancerous but going to send it off for pathology. Ok...They decide to put him in ICU overnight so they can make sure his BP stays down. Ok, finally get to see dad around 2pm. By now, No work is going to happen for me, we were short at work anyway:) It's gettin to be time to get boys from school at 3. I hightail it out, stop and get gas and make it to CB's school by 3:15 pm--Dad does well and goes home Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday was fairly un-eventful and Wednesday was a very busy day, last cattle sale of the year, had about 1400 hd. CB had B-ball practice and I finally got home at 9 pm.....Thursday...well, is supposed to be normal. I go to work, do my stuff, leave work to get CB from school and decide to call my mom and see how my Grandma is doing(she was going to go see her)she doesnt' know because she is not there. Ok. Mom says, "I'm getting the dashboard lights fixed on the suburban, I'm in Wellington". Ok...Mom says," I was debating on whether to call you, I went over to the dr and I'm waiting for your dad to get here...they are sending me to Wichita" WHAT? Mom says," it's no big deal, I just haven't felt good for awhile and having some chest heaviness and my arm has been aching...I think it's becuase I moved some hay bales the other day" WHAT? she mumbles something about heart cath friday a.m. Ok I say, "I'll be up later" mom" no need, it's fine, dad and I are going, we'll call"
I get my boys from school, head home, get an early supper going, head to work thinking I'm going to be gone on Friday so I'll work awhile tonite...get a call from dad around 8:45pm, mom had an EKG w/significant change, they are taking her in for heart cath tonite...I head to Wichita and get there around 10:15 pm, heart cath went well, found a 70% block, placed a stent but the dr thought the root problem was...myocarditis. Part of heart was not even moving. He asked if she had been sick, yes, she has been. The virus settled in her heart and has made it sick and not function properly. He expects full recovery--Praise the Lord!
Yesterday...Friday...mom doing well...I get a call from my m-i-l, her husband has had a stroke and they are on their way to Wichita...a different hospital. So, back to Wichita we go last night. His speech is not good, but everything else thus far has checked out ok. Hope to know more today.

Please keep my WHOLE family in prayer--it's been an eventful week to say the least! But our GOD is BIGGER than anything and he IS the Almighty Physician. Praise be to God for watching over me and my family as we have traveled, been in hospitals, surgery and everything else. If I don't get back here before...wishing You and Yours a Very Merry Christmas!