Sunday Sentiments

• My baby brother (36 years young) is in the hospital. He had knee surgery on Wednesday (torn ACL). He is the kind of person that no matter what happens to him, it always ends up worse than anyone else. The surgery was done in a surgical center in Provo late Wednesday afternoon. He and his wife got home close to midnight Wednesday evening. He's has had a terrible time -- the knee surgery is painful enough. He didn't do well with the pain medication (combined with anti-nausea meds); he had to arrange for his own physical therapy for Friday, and the PT he went to wouldn't touch his leg; luckily, a PT in his ward finally came to the rescue. He started getting congested on Friday and by Saturday he couldn't breathe without intense pain. In the middle of the night (Saturday-Sunday), he was vomiting blood, so the hospital was the next option. At first, it was thought he had a blood clot (maybe he did) but after some divine intervention no blood clot -- he has a serious case of pneumonia -- hospital time for the next three days. Needless to say, he's a basket case (as is the rest of his immediate and extended family).


• Niece Madeline graduated from USU on Saturday -- journalism and communications -- she has an internship with the D-News (Mormon Times) for the summer.


• Niece Melinda and her family were at her mom's for the weekend to celebrate birthdays of her two little ones (Rilee {4} and Conner {1}.


• My little grandson is struggling to cut his 15th tooth. That is just seven too many teeth for a 15 month old. He has been miserable. We spent some time with him yesterday and he tries so hard to be happy, but the painful mouth just gets in the way.


• Haley and James are in Idaho Falls -- new baby on James' side of the family. Haley has made a decision to teach in Murray School District next school year.