Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Excuse Note

Dear Blog Readers,

Mrs. Higer here - it has been a week full of Parent Teacher Conferences, so ... the blog has been neglected. Dad on the other hand has not! After many ironic turn of events Dad wound up staying at the hospital through Tuesday late morning. He is currently in Lincoln, but on Friday ... HE IS GOING TO BE MOVING TO DAVID CITY! We are so thankful that he is going to be close to home, family, and of course his buddy Jet! I will update again soon. I have pictures from the 27th when we celebrated Mom's Birthday!

God Bless to All! Have a Happy and Safe Halloween!

Pictures of Spooks will follow as well! From near and far!

Monday, October 19, 2009

Amazing Day

Dad is up and eating!

He has had a good day - Melissa was with him the majority of the afternoon and evening. We were able to talk with him on the phone and he even told Shayna that he will have to take her fishing. ;o)

He will be busy resting and recuperating, but welcomes the continued thoughts and prayers.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Days

One at a time.

Dad is seemingly resting comfortably.

Dad has been stable, but hasn't really "woke up" since surgery.

He isn't in any obvious pain - praise the Lord.

He seems to be at peace - praise the Lord.

The nurses say he "loves Mountain Dew" - when we asked him ... in a groggy state he reported when asked if he liked Mountain Dew these days, "not so much".

We smile through tears and welcome your love, concern, prayers and support.

We appreciate your friendship - as does Dad.

The next 24/48 hours will be critical ~

Updates as we have the time and energy to check in.

God Bless

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Prayers Answered!

Dad made it through surgery! He is resting and has been very sleepy the past few days. They inserted a rod through the left humorous bone and this should bring him pain relief. He is at St. Elizabeth's hospital in Lincoln. I am sure he would love to hear from you. The mailing address is:

Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center
555 South 70th Street
Lincoln, NE 68510

Make sure to put: Howard Taylor - Room 504

I will be updating the blog more regularly while we are working through this hospitalization.

Thank you again

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Change of Dates

Surgery will be first thing Friday morning. Thank you for your thoughts/prayers.

Needed: Prayers

This post is long over due - and not sure if anyone still checks this, but in the event that you do ...

Dad fell last week and broke is left arm. He has been in increased pain and we just found out today that his bone punctured through the skin. This has left us with a difficult situation - there isn't an easy answer, but we are going to proceeding with surgery tomorrow (Thursday).

Prayers would be appreciated.