Blessings

Thank you so much for your prayers!! Thank God for great reports from the doctors today!!

My dad is making great progress already!! They say all his arteries and veins look great --- thank God he cares about his health a lot and works out in the gym 5+ days a week!!! I was so worried the stroke was a sign of something worse going on but they say his heart and alll look great!

The stroke was caused by trauma to that area of the brainstem/neck --- most likely from his work down at New Orleans where he did a lot of painting of ceilings and just holding his head in a certain position that he usually doesn't for such an extended period of time. It's going to take a while for the swallowing/eating and there are scary complications we have to watch for --- but thank God it wasn't worse! The neurologist said this is so rare - in 35 years he's only seen about 12 cases like this.

I'm so happy for him that he will still be able to enjoy golf and that it hasn't affected his strength or vision or anything! The man loves golf! :) I am also excited that he'll be able to enjoy vacation -- all of us just want him to be healthy and home - we don't care about vacation or golf at this point -- but he was looking forward to vacation so much so I'm happy for him!!!

So praise God for healing and for awesome news from the doctor! Makes you want to go out and exercise and take care of what you've been given!! :)