Dad is back home

Hello Everyone,

I just wanted to let you all know that Dad has been released from the hospital, as of yesterday. He went through the bone marrow sampling at Providence Hospital, which he said went smoothly and was surprisingly pain-free. They drilled a little hole in the bone of his hip and drew out 4 or 5 cc's of marrow fluid. They will be testing it over the next five days, so he won't have any new information until then.

When I talked with him on the phone today he was sitting in the sun on the front porch taking his ease and enjoying being back at home. He was minding his own business - trying to figure out how to entertain himself without being able to read, watch TV, or walk very far - when Chad arrived with a surprise visitor. At first Dad thought it was me but quickly discovered that it was Alfred! He decided to pay a visit for the weekend and surprise everyone, including Adrian, who still doesn't know yet (unless he reads this blog) that he is in town. Alfred is also here to renew his electrician's license in Alaska so that one day he might be able to move back.

And Adrian and I and our families will be heading off to Homer this weekend. It is Shorebird Festival weekend and the first chance we have had to get out of town to see how the cabin fared over the winter. Susan and I are definitely excited it but my kids, particularly my daughter, would rather eat worms and die. Oh well. One day I hope she feels differently. Both of my kids have been under the academic gun these past few weeks as the school year draws to a close at the end of next week. They are a little on the testy side.

I will post some pictures of Dad, Alfred, and Homer later on.

Love,
Jed