PaPa Update

Just a quick update on my Daddy. He is breathing on his own, talking, and everything is going really smoothly. He will be getting his face muscles sewn to some new nerves now that he has lost his facial nerve. He is also getting his eyelid stitched closed so it's not open so big. His eyeball is wandering right now but the eye Dr says it will get better. His blood pressure is so low now they have to give him more fluids so it will increase! Dr. Muchemore took him off all his statins and regular bp meds (he was on 5 or 6 big doses that didn't lower it) and put him on some adrenal regulating medicine because his high bp is due to adrenal glands not heart or diet reasons. (Yay!). The dr will test later to see if it's just one gland messed up and if so they will remove it. This is really great news for him cause he can go off his medicines completely! On the mental note Dad is cracking jokes and telling stories about things that happened. He says he woke up on the operating table but the Dr. tells him it didn't happen but he's had alot of happy drugs. He remembers aspirating and being inti bated and he thought he was going to die and said he was scared to death. He is also having vivid Hawaii dreams about him and my mom surfing and staying completely dry. When they finished riding the "big one" Mom had a yellow surfboard and dad had a checked surfboard that they stuck into the sand. The surfer shop owner invited them to a party cause they were such good surfers. LMBO! He has always had the most vivid dreams. Anyway he wants me to name my kid John (gee if it's a boy right dad?)

Luke states that while Zacharias ministered at the golden altar of incense, an angel of God announced to him that his wife would give birth to a son, whom he was to name John, and that this son would be the forerunner of the long-expected Messiah (Luke 1:12-17). Citing their advanced age, Zacharias asked for a sign whereby he would know the truth of this prophecy, and so the angel identified itself as the Archangel Gabriel, sent specially by God to make this announcement, and added that because of Zacharias' doubt he would be struck dumb and not able to speak until the day that these things happen. Consequently, when Zacharias went out to the waiting worshippers, he was unable to pronounce the customary blessing (Luke 1:18-22).

On his return home Elizabeth duly conceived. Eight days after she gave birth when their son was to be circumcised according to Jewish tradition, their family members and neighbours assumed that he was to be named after his father, as was the custom. Elizabeth, however, insisted that his name was to be John, and so the family then questioned her husband. As soon as Zacharias had written on a writing tablet: His name is John, he regained the power of speech, and so praised God (Luke 1:60-79 Dad is being very deep.