Nana Judi

I went to a ladies brunch at church today and Kay Alford (whose son Johnnie knows every one in town, and knows every thing about them) asked me how my brother Sam’s face was. I didn’t know anything about Sam’s face. He had cancer surgery on his nose in June, and they removed (and rebuilt) half of his nose. Now he had a new cancer removed from his face, in the crease beside his nose above his mustache. Then she asked my how my nephew was doing, and I didn’t know anything about that either! Sandee’s youngest son, Trent, had crashed on a 4-wheeler last week-end, and had spent most of the week at Harborview! He had fractured three vertrebrae, the 5th, 6th, and 7th cervical vertebrae. For you non-medical people, those are the bottom vertebrae in the neck, and as a result of the injury his right arm is paralyzed! The hope is that the paralysis is the result of swelling in that area, and he does seem to be getting more use in his hand and fingers. He came home on Thursday, to his mom and dad’s house, but is wearing a stiff cervical collar which he has to wear 24-7 for the next 10 to 12 weeks. apparantly the fractures are not the kind that push bone into the foramina through which the nerves pass, but the MRI showed bulging at those levels, they were not sure whether it was a bulging disc, or just swelling. We’re all voting for swelling which will go down in time!

I assured Kay that I loved my family, and was interested in what was going on, but I was in Burlington helping Jenni and Chris pack for their move last week-end, (they’re moving this week-end) and when I get home from work, between 7 and 7:30, I just eat dinner and veg for the rest of the evening! As soon as I got home from the brunch I went to see my family and found out the details.

Another lady asked me if my nephew Josh was in trouble with the law! She had been at the courthouse and saw the name Josh Harvey on the docket for breaking and entering, or some similar charge. Luckily, that was some other Josh Harvey!!

So, I hope I am caught up now. I certainly hope no other catastrophes have attacked my family that I don’t know about!

I hope when the Lord brings the Webster family to your mind you will send up a prayer, that they will not have to carve away any more of Sam’s face, and that Trent will rapidly regain use of his arm. Trent also has a gash on his head, I understand from his helmet, which thank God he was wearing. Otherwise we would be having a funeral. He landed on his head and shoulder on a large rock, and the rock won!

Well, I just noticed that the time is 11:50 PM, so guess I should post this and get to bed. Tomorrow is church, hopefully I won’t find out any thing more disturbing!