What a week this has been! I can't tell you how many people were in great fear for my dad this week. First it was the scare with the fire at Heartland Nursing Home. . . many people didn't even know that dad had left the facility last June and is now living permanently in his own home. So we received many concerned calls for his well-being during that evacuation and whole ordeal. Secondly, on Thursday panic ran throughout beauty shops and in various circles throughout town that my father had passed away Wednesday evening. That could not be further from the truth - dad is alive and well! The misunderstanding was because another "former sheriff" Preston Gooden had passed away and there was a lot of news coverage about it - mentioning him as a public servant and former sheriff and you know how things can begin to spread from one piece of information and be misunderstood. . . so I just wanted to assure everyone out there that dad is doing fine! He didn't go to church today only because he was having some trouble again with his bowels and was afraid he would get to church and need to use the bathroom and be too far from home to avoid an accident. I am happy to report that he successfully relieved that problem this evening with the help of Nurse Jeannie and my brother Tim. So we should have a great week. I need to take him for another blood draw tomorrow because his INR level was too high last time, so they have held his medicine a day to see if that gets it back where they want it or if they need to adjust it again. We have to be careful with that because we don't want his blood to be too thin!
Thanks for checking in and help us spread the word that dad is alive and well. . . he is full of laughter and peace. We are looking forward to Spring and warmer weather though, so we can start sitting out front again to watch planes, trains and automobiles!
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