It has been quite an eventful week. On Monday, Jim (my father-in-law) and Kevin (my brother-in-law) went into the hospital for kidney transplant surgery. Kevin gave one of his kidneys to Jim. Jim has diabetes and has been undergoing dialysis for the past year. The only way to get off dialysis is to get a new kidney. Last year, Kevin decided he wanted to be tested as a possible donor. Things worked out great during the testing and Kevin was able to donate his kidney. This past Monday the surgery took place and everything went great
Kevin was groggy after the surgery, but after recovery, Jim was up and talkative and feeling better than he had in over a year. On Monday night, Jim was sitting in a chair eating dinner while Kevin slept off the effects of the anesthetic. Yesterday Kevin was able to walk up to Jim's room and check on Jim for himself. Both are in great spirits and are looking forward to the future. Kevin will be going home today and Jim should be home by Saturday. There is plenty yet to watch for and pray for as each goes through recovery and adaptation to life on one kidney. Jim has more testing over the next few months as they determine the amount of medication he will be taking.
Pray for them as well as everyone in the family as we adjust to the needs of the Post Surgery Boys.

It has been a while since I've sat down and let all of you know how we're doing. I've been swamped the last few weeks with finalizing the play and getting everything going for the performances. Those performances started last night - and I didn't realize until someone pointed it out yesterday morning that it was the Ides of March, which is usually considered a bad omen. Never did I think that the play would open on the Ides of March and close on St. Patty's Day. Of course, those things only mean something if you are superstitious, I just think it's funny. Kids got their report cards Wednesday and they are all doing really well. Taunya's comment, "My lowest grade is a B+." - said with a tone of I should have had an A. They ARE my kids - regardless of what MY grades may have been. God Bless you and we're prayin' for ya.