The Road to Recovery

It has now been almost three weeks and Richard is getting stronger every day. He can now rise out of bed, stand up and sit down all on his own. He is not allowed to bend or twist for three months and has a back brace to remind him of that. He is also able to go on short walks outside to stretch his back and get some fresh air.

Unfortunately, blood tests have revealed that his liver enzymes have quadrupled and we need to see a specialist in a couple of weeks. Please pray that it is nothing to be concerned about. A liver scan and blood screen came up negative for all types of hepatitis, as expected, which was good news. We will have to wait and see what they come up with.

Also, please pray for my mother, Laura, who is having a biopsy done on a spot in her throat tomorrow. Pray that all test results come back negative and that she will have relief knowing that she is as healthy as can be.

Thank you all! I will be in touch...

Oh, by the way, we had our first snow fall here in South Dakota! It was very exciting for us all to look out the window and see white! It was not exciting, however, to go outside to warm the car up to take Noah to school and find about 1/4 inch of snow INSIDE the car! I went grocery shopping the night before with all the kids and forgot to shut the trunk and the slide door to the family van!!! Rich and I were wondering what that whistling sound was that we heard from the bedroom window. It was probably the wind blowing through the car!! Hello McFly!!!!