Thanks for all the prayers, lengthy update below
Here's another update on my parents and I.
Mom (Lynn) is still doing pretty well and even put in half days at her job at the bank this week. She's been feeling the pain from the broken ribs a good bit more--I think she's still sleeping in a recliner or on the couch :-)
Dad went home from the hospital this past Monday and is doing MUCH better. It helped once they started to let him move around again. He still has to go back to Denver every week for six weeks to have the plastic surgery piece looked at. The took 4 by 6 inch pieces of muscle/skin from his thigh and stomach, and those are hurting a fair bit. and they tell me his ankle is the size of half a football. He's supposed to be off the ankle for 8-12 weeks and has to keep it elevated. He got a new recliner for it.
Eric and Amanda, my older brother and sister-in-law are up there for two weeks, (this past week and next week) with their 4-month old Noah. Noah provides the entertainment; Eric is helping finish up some of Dad's jobs; and Amanda is helping around the house.
After a week and a half of some stomach mess and a UTI, I'm feeling TONS better. The first round of antibiotics weren't strong enough, but the second round plus three straight days last weekend of rest made me much better. I had an abdoman ultrasound on Thursday because they suspect my gallbladder may have been giving me problems. The sonographer didn't see anything, but the radiologist may see something they don't. Haven't heard yet.
Continued prayers are appreciated as we praise God for the miracles of healing that have happened in the last few weeks. There is still more healing and prayerfully no major insurance hassles.
I wouldn't be surprised if a miracle happened in my Mom between the the ER and Denver--the original x-rays and MRI showed a neck fracture. The ones taken in Denver showed none. Go figure. Oh, the pick-up driver was placed at fault--he had bald, underinflated tires. The back of the truck had no damage which said that the semi did not hit the pick-up. The theory is that the pick-up was trying to pass a snow plow and pulled out in the prayers that there wasn't someone in the other lane. My dad remembered seeing something like a snow plow pass before he hit the truck.
and continued prayers for myself and especially my students in the next three weeks. TAKS test for my ninth graders is April 20th, so we are neck-deep in review material. In addition, I have a Math-Science competition with 8th graders in San Antonio next weekend.
Thank you again for everything.
God bless,