My Dad

How much can one man take? It seems when my Dad is almost standing tall, he gets knocked back down. He has had heart and hip problems for quite a while. The Tuesday before Labor Day, we thought we were loosing him. It's tough to see your Father vomiting blood and extremely weak. We called 911 to take him to the Hospital and there we found out that he now has Lymphoma.

Tuesday morning after he came home from his Radiation and a Stress test, his hip popped out. That was the 3rd time in the past year. They tried to pop it back in the ER but it didn't work. The Dr. warned us of the risk in taking Dad to surgery but there was no other option.

Dad seemed rather disappointed that he woke in the recovery room rather then in Heaven. He was told he would probably always need to wear the brace to keep it from coming back out.

We brought him home today noon.




- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Kathy Beachy

Lot's of Sylvia-Especially for Grandma!

Check out Portland

 We started our 1st day out by going to the Rose Garden, Powells Bookstore and Nate and Deb's favorite coffee shop. Then we went on up to Mt Tabor Park.  I could easily have spent a full day there!  My favorite spot that day.

In the evening we ended up eating dinner at a restaurant called, Toast.  Great food.

Sunday 9-4 Updated

Sunday we hiked 5 miles in the Nahelem Bay Start Park. We hiked along the beach, all the way around the peninsula. Part of the way, we had to walk in tall grass, which made me a bit grumpy for a while. Soon, we were back on the beach, where we saw seals lounging. Wil was able to get a lot of good pictures with his telephoto lens. We were told that we are not to get close to the seals if we see any. When we got close to the tip of the peninsula, we had to climb up the rocks to get to the beach on the other side.

Oregon

Yesterday, we went to the Rose Garden, then to Nate's favorite coffee shop.






This morning Wil and I walked down the street to The Yolk wagon for breakfast.


Today noon, we loaded Nate and Deb's car and the 5 of us headed for Manzanita, Oregon, by the Coast.








They rented a great house on the Coast where we will spend 3 nights.