The Fall

Thank you all for your prayers - my Dad is in the trauma ICU and being watched closely.

He took a very bad fall yesterday - about five feet - and broke his left hand badly. He also took a bad beating on his face. Far worse is the fact that he suffered internal bleeding and had to be Life-Flighted to the hospital.

Right now, we are waiting with his physicians to see if his body can heal without invasive surgery. His spleen was ruptured and needs to be removed, if the bleeding doesn't stop. He has received four bags of blood and a "patch" to his spleen. If his BP doesn't rise (indicating that he has stopped bleeding internally) he will have to undergo surgery to remove it. This is not a good scenario for him, as his health is poor and doctors are not optimistic about the outcome of putting him through surgery.

Please continue to pray that his body would begin to heal on its own and that he would not require further surgery. He is sedated and comfortable - but as the doctors keep reminding our family - he is not out of the woods, so to speak. We have a ways to go.

Thank you for your sweet comments - we are so very appreciative!!