Bear

As some of you know my grandfather(bear)is in the hospital. He has been diagnosed with pneumonia in both the upper and lower lobes. He has a bunch of fluid on his lungs that they are trying to remove. He went into the hospital on saturday and saturday was a bad day for our family. He was completely on the respirator for a while But they slowly weaned it down to 50% then 40% and now we are hoping that he will be able to be taken off the respirator in the next couple days. He is still in the ICU and the condition is still very serious, however; we are very hopeful that he is going to recover. The reason I didn't post this before now was obviously because all my family already knew and they were at the hospital constantly, but also saturday was a very scary day for everyone. I obviously am not able to be with my family right now but when my dad called me to tell me the siutation the tone in his voice and the words he used made me know that "this was very bad". I became close to hyterical very quickly and Ben came home to be with me and wait on more news. I was even more upset because my family has this way of "protecting me" where they tell me only what they think I need to know and their excuses are "your pregnant you don't need to be stressed right now" and "you are far away and there's nothing you could do except sit and worry". I think both of these excuses are bogus but whatever. Anyways Bear is still in the ICU but it is looking much much better and so now I am sharing. I hope everyone will join us in prayer as bear fights his way back to health. It is going to be a long road to recovery, not only is this a serious condition, bear also has several other health concerns that will make full recovery difficult. We believe in his strength and determination to fight his way back to health and more than that we believe in God's ultimate healing power. So yesterday was truly a happy day, we had good news on Bear and the good news on the baby. Please continue to pray for Bear and mamaw while they go through this. Mamaw is a warrior though and very amazing mamaw. She is stronger than she looks. She is an inspiration for us all.