Great Grandpa Ray

My Grandpa Ray has had a difficult few weeks. He had a minor stroke on the 4th of July, which landed him in the hospital for a few days. The stroke was so minor that no surgery was needed and he was released a few days later.

A few days after being home he ended up back in the hospital. This time for clots. He noticed his toes were turning black and they were becoming more painful, so he went back to the hospital to find out he had multiple clots that needed to be removed from his legs. He was taken off his coumadin when he was in for his stroke, which led to the clots. Thankfully he's back on the coumadin (or Heperain for now) to reduce the chance of this happening again.  He's a tough guy and he'll rebound in time. He's still in the hospital (this time at the VA) and he's starting some rehab this week. There was concern of him losing his toes, but they have improved, so thankfully he'll get to keep those!

We were able to visit him on Sunday after we got back from Sugar Lake Lodge. The kids enjoyed seeing him, running around and pounding on the bird cage (poor birds). Bishop was very interested in Great Grandpa Ray's incision and he asked to look at it a bunch of times. Grandpa Ray was such a good sport, he showed it to him everytime. The two of them compared scars. Bishop wanted to sit on his lap, but Grandpa Ray is too sore, so he'll wait til he recovers to do that!

I've always loved hearing stories that my Grandpa Ray tells and he had another one this visit. Bishop was stung by a bee on Saturday night and of course that hurt A LOT! There were a lot of tears. This lead to Grandpa Ray's story of when my dad and Bob were younger....it was springtime and they were in their snowsuits and a bunch of bees got INSIDE their snowsuit and stung them multiple times. It ended in a trip to the ER.

Get well soon, Great Grandpa Ray! We love you so much!!