- - AKA as "the good the bad AND the ugly"! ;-p
FINALLY I can "report" that Nathan's surgery went well! - I "swear" it was a "conspiracy" to keep the news off ANYthing related to Juno - OR the SD telephone lines, for that matter, as NONE of them worked a lot of this afternoon! We talked to Teresa about 1p our time & she'd learned about an hour before that he'd come through fine. She sounded GOOD & peaceful which is part of what we'd prayed for too, PTL, though at that point, she hadn't yet been allowed to see him.
This eve, we had a brief talk w TIRED & croaky Nathan & he is typically sore & tired, but ok. Kelsey said he was showing off his 3-4 belly "band aids" I can just see Emma & (espeCIALLY) Ethan pulling up Daddy's tee shirt every few minutes to see his "owies"! ;-)
We'll catch Teresa tomorrow to get any "gaps" filled in.
NOW for the "bad-ugly" - -
After getting back home from their 3 day, super, whirlwind (Nathan's business) trip here, late Sunday night & going right back to school, work etc, Monday, in their exhausted condition, they went out to dinner Monday night. HOWever, in the aprox. 1 hour they were gone, something in Kelsey's toilet broke (on the middle level of the 3 stories)! (Does THAT sound a bit TOO familiar, Mom, Mont & Evie?!) Long story short, now basically ALL the hardwood floors on that level (kitchen DR, family room, "sitting room" will have to be sanded & redone, as will at least some of the wood-look flooring in the basement! They don't yet know about the ultimate "fate" of the basement ceiling & some of it's walls, re having to be replaced or not. Is a REAL mess! They'll have to move to a hotel for a week while the floors are being redone but are HOPING that insurance will agree to wait to do it till they come out here for Christmas!
Thankfully, insurance got "right on it", fans going, people & workmen in & out etc. The plumber is coming (tomorrow ?) & they'll find out what happened. A BLESSING is that Teresa's knowledgable Dad, Frits, who went through this sort of thing 18 mos ago when their condo caught fire (arson suspected, but as yet unproven), was already there to help Teresa with the kids during the surgery, etc etc, but, PTL, is now also helping with the hassle of the workmen in & out & the insurance as well! That takes a LOT of pressure off BOTH N&T as he recovers for aprox the next week or thereabouts, anyway. Sleeping arrangements have had to be shifted around - Kelsey moved in with Monique, Frits into Emmas room, Emma in N&T's rm (& for part of the night, Ethan too, sigh! :-p
We are still scheduled, at this time to fly back Oct. 28, for 10 days; Mike was supposed to start painting bedrooms, etc. HOPEfully we can be of further help by then... The Grands were especially excited that we'd be there for halloween. :-) Teresa KNOWS that she doesn't have to do anything "get ready" for us - we enjoy helping where ever/however needed and do not need to be "entertained" - the Grands are ALWAYS entertaining(!) and there will be other trips where we can explore the area.
So "NOW you have the REST of the story" - & yep, please keep up the prayer support!
Love & Hugs to ALL!
M&M
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Glad to hear all is well! I hope he can recover quickly and I'm glad Fritz is there to help.
Cox had a cable problem here yesterday afternoon. If you'd called my cell you would have gotten me.
Glad t heatr Nate is fine - BUT UUGGHHH on the plumbing mess!!!!!!
Talked to Nathan earlier & he sounds clearer although it hurts more today - normal "stuff", sigh! He said the floors are dry now & Kelsey had moved back into her BR though using a diff. bathrm yet - Plumber comes Monday. He also said "we'd be BIG trouble if we didn't come" (on our scheduled dates later this month)! mc
Update again, Nath returns to work tomorrow. Yes, still "normal" soreness, but doing well! mc
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