It’s been an interesting, emotional, surreal, busy, quiet, exhausting, no-sleeping, falling asleep in the middle of someone visiting, tears, laughter, [add your own description] 2 and 1/2 weeks.
On Friday, April 26, dad fell and hit his head. This caused bleeding into his brain, which was not viewable on his head anywhere, so finding it was a God thing in the ER. He had emergency surgery that night, and although the surgery was successful, he had multiple strokes over the next few days, something we found out on Monday, April 29. He went home to meet Jesus at 6:15 am on Tuesday, April 30.
i apologize to those who did not find it out until after his visitation, or are just now finding out. Dad was greatly loved, a great storyteller, and affected more lives than we may ever know.
i reminded him several times over his days in the icu, that he promised me two things:
1-he was going to be here until he was 100. (short by 8 1/2 years!)
2-God kept him around to take care of me through my cancer treatments. (i still have 3 more infusions, and a round of radiation!)
But he has told everyone that he was ready to go whenever Jesus wanted him to come home. He has led a full life, done what he wanted to do, and knew where he was going. i know where he is, and still believe that God’s got this as far as my journey goes, so although sometimes a bubble pops (see “God’s Bubble Wrap” post if you don’t understand that!) and i have a mini-meltdown, I know he is in a much better place. i wouldn’t ask him to come back.
Thank you to all of you that have stepped up to help me, my brother and his family, and of course my two babies. We appreciate it more than we can convey to you.
i had to delay my infusions from the original schedule, since dad was in the hospital when my 4th one was scheduled. So, i ended up having infusion #4 yesterday on the 13th. My numbers were great, and it was a problem free, so we were home by lunch. I was obviously more tired than i thought i was – i ended up sleeping until around 5:30 last night. When i woke up, i saw an invitation to one of my nephew’s house. He had everyone over to make sure they had some time together before my oldest nephew and his family were heading back home to North Carolina.
Anyway, i am still going on with chemo, then radiation, and i have a few times when i will be a bit out of reach for each treatment, but still going on with the journey I signed up for.
Thank you! God’s still got this. And i got a late Christmas present that was really timed perfectly. It is a glass box with the words “If God brings you to it, He’ll bring you through it.”
