We started the week off with a phone call that my dad was in the hospital again. His heart rate was all over the place and ended up stuck at 150 beats/minute for 24 hours straight. So on Sunday he got a little shock to his heart (after the doctors tried many, many medications to bring the heart rate down). Since the shock didn't work, he ended up having an ablation surgery on Monday. This seems to have solved the problem, and he was discharged Wednesday. Yay Dad!!!
(I didn't take any pictures of Derek's first game - it was too cold!!!)
Wednesday night was Derek's first baseball game of the season, and he hit his first HOME RUN ever! He CRUSHED the ball, and it stopped just short of the fence. He ran so fast that I could tell he was not going to stop for anything...I think he was determined to make it all the way home. A home run was the goal that he set for himself this season. So Derek, does that mean we can forget the rest of the season???
(Picture of Michele, Tom and Gledhill kids with Paul Cardall (blue shirt), Peter Breinholt (red shirt) and David Tolk (black shirt)Monday night we attended a benefit concert for Paul Cardall. Paul is a talented musician who is waiting for a heart transplant. (www.mytricuspidatresia.blogspot.com) The concert was incredible!!! Peter Breinholt performed a song while they showed a slideshow of Gracie. So touching! And the last song of the night was Paul Cardall playing the piano. He played a song he wrote for Gracie..."Gracie's Theme." Michele has the video of Paul and Peter's performances on Gracie's blog (www.thegledhillfamily.blogspot.com) It was so amazing - something none of us who were there will ever forget.
4 comments:
Wow! You have had quite a busy week. I am glad that your dad is doing well. Congratulations to Derek for hitting his first home run. How exciting for him and the whole family.
I saw Paul Cardall perform and saw the sideshow on Stephanie's blog. He is an incredible musician.
We are looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday.
Wow ! What a freakin week! Glad your dad is doing better, but definitley scary. And Derek?! WAY.TO.GO!! YEAH for him!! The first home run is so awesome and I have a feeling there will be more to come from that kid!!
That is one crazy week, for sure. I am so glad to hear your dad is doing better. I am sure that was dang scary. And Congrats to Derek! What an amazing little athlete, eh? I missed seeing you at the concert. It really was amazing!!
You just might have seen Curtis. He goes there daily pretty much. I hope your Dad is doing better...how is Hubby BTW?
What a great week..everytime my kids sign up for extra activities I'm all for it...by the second or third day...it sucks eggs (giggle)!!:)
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