Whew. Been a while since I've had a T10! Let's go for it!! 1. I'll update on my dad first, for those of you just reading for that purpose - things are moving along, slowly but surely. His left leg is still an open wound, where he is missing his calf, from the knee to ankle. The remaining muscle in that leg seems to keep dying, and that has been discouraging. The dying tissue and muscle has meant they can't go forward with putting a skin graft on...until this week. Our fingers are crossed and hearts are hopeful, that on Friday, they will determine it looks good enough for a first step skin placement, and they can proceed with surgery. This is the area where he needs the most prayers. It
More times than not, I ask God to be in the details of my day. When I say that prayer, I never have specific intentions, I wholeheartedly want God to take the wheel when it comes to details, big and small. Sometimes it means he gives me an extra green light instead of red, so I'm not as late, and sometimes I know it means He's in details so big, I'm not even aware of them until much much later. Today, the gentleman who saved dads life, Shawn, came by the hospital for a visit. Before I go into the story too much, I'll give you some details on his role in the accident. Shawn is currently the chief police in the next small town over from us. He is also state certified to be a full paramedic
At a little past 2p.m., on Wednesday August 23rd, my mom was at my house when she got a call from my brother, saying my dad had been run over by a tractor. We flew out of the house and headed straight to the field where we knew he was at. As we drove up, I'll never forget the scene...the way it looked to see one of MY dads tractors and plow, in the middle of HIS field, surrounded by fire trucks and police cars. Mom and I jumped out of the car and started running towards my brother who was walking slowly towards us, white as a sheet. He said, "Dad is laying under the plow. He's awake, alive and talking but I don't know for how much longer. I stayed with him as long as I could but then they
