Doing well after surgery

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He looks good!  There is some color in my dad’s face and his mind is thinking well.  Some nausea, but that can be expected after surgery.

Dad hospital july 29 2008  

Yesterday I drove to Saskatoon in the late afternoon and spent about an hour with dad.  He talked of a Scrabble game he is part of online, about some visitors who had dropped in, and about how he was feeling.  He dangled his legs over the bed today, sat in a wheelchair and got some rest.  Overall the signs are good, says his nurse.  In a few days he’ll probably be transferred back to Rosetown  where he will do physio and recovery.

That’s a good start!

Listening to a debate!

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Recently Paul Young, writer of “The Shack”, spoke at my brother-in-law’s church.  I picked up the podcast and listened to it.

When Paul was at Canadian Bible College (same time as my wife and I), he was a great storyteller.  Jill and I laughed and nodded in agreement as he talked of some of his experiences.  Some of his experiences came close to home — he spoke of friends and situations that we knew.  That was fun!!

So, today I took a look for a bit more on Paul.  I ran across an “apologist” who has a podcast of an interview he did with Paul.  Even as I’m listening right now, I’m being amazed.  Paul is a great apologist.  And he is actually listenable.  I would have very quickly jumped in and probably yelled and screamed.  Paul kept his head and heart.

I guess that pushes me to look at the way I work with other people. I can tend to be impatient.  I can tend not to trust God to work in people’s life.  It’s all things I need to work on.  And I say these things in humility and a recognition that God is in the business of transforming people.  May that be so!!

Out of surgery

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Word from my sister.  Dad is out of surgery.  Wasn’t a long one.  And he is doing well.

Headed into surgery

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Just one of those quick posts!

Dad just headed into surgery around 6:30 pm.  Hopefully we’ll have news in the next few hours.  Let’s see tomorrow how things are going!