Dad's home from the hospital

Well, we took my dad home from the hospital today. I can't believe he's there now. He is having problems walking...very weak from both the cancer and everything he's been through. But he's determined to give it a shot, preferring to have to work harder for himself rather than endure the things that aggravate him at the skilled care facility where he was staying. We just hope that he doesn't fall, blackout, have a seizure or a stroke, or whatever else could happen to him while there isn't someone there with him 24/7. He does have in-home nursing stopping by once a day to check on him and of course he will have family/friends around semi-often.

We've been asked how our family is dealing with all of this. I actually just explained it all to Rachel for the first time yesterday. I decided that I didn't want to surprise her with the news that her grandpa had died without ever letting her know how bad off he was. It was a tough conversation, extremely emotional. We don't plan on sharing all of the details with the boys...we don't think even Ben is ready for that. But we'll play it by ear as things develop. We're not sugar-coating anything, just saying that he's not doing well at all.

We're all just taking everything day by day. We can't really do more than that. We did speak with dad again today about his walk with Christ and he once again answered that everything between he and God was "as good as it can be". We have to take him at his word and just continue to pray that it's real.

Thought you'd want to know how things are going. I'll give some more updates as things progress, change, etc. Thanks for praying for us as we journey through this latest saga.