We were finally ale to get a weekend off together, so we went to California. Michelle drove Amber, Olivia, and I while Kaity and her baby Alex tagged along. Those sole purpose of this visit was to visit my Dad, who after fighting a bad infection has been bed ridden and livig in a nursing home.
Dad actually looks a lot better than I thought he would, and his memory is still good so we had fun catching up, and then Marshal, my baby brother came and we hung out for a couple hours. When we first got there, Dad was sleeping, so I walked up beside him- he opened his eyes and was confused, so he saw Amber and said, "Oh wow! You're here!" with a big smile on his face. Then Olivia gave him a hug and a kiss, and we started visiting. It really was neat.
Olivia didn't want to sit still... she kept crying and wanting to walk. I guess there were squirrels and rabbits outside and she wanted to watch them play- Livvy loves animals. After we talked for awhile, we had to leave because Michelle ad to be at work in the morning, it's a 6 our drive back to the Grand Canyon (Michelles a baker for El Tovar restaurant/hotel)
Dad wasn't doing well... hes stuck in his bed and either he refuses or the nurses won't get him up. He needs physical therapy, but hes not getting any. His friend Daniel sees him every other week and helps encourage him and does a bible study with him so that's cool. We also learned that a few family members have or might have cancer, and one of my good friends at work had a good friend die on Sunday because of cancer. And also a good friend from my old church is fighting cancer.
I was just overcome with memories of my Grandpa Baker lying on a hospital bed when I was 4 or 5. He died of old age (92 i think) but it was still sad, because I wonder what Livvy will remember.
Thank you for reading.
~The Jarnagans
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