A Very Close Call

Easter Sunday began as most Easter Sundays.  We got up early for the Son Rise service.  Then enjoyed a delicious pancake breakfast followed by our regular Easter service.  Later that afternoon Stan, Stephanie and I went for a walk along the canal when Stan began to experience shortness of breath and some mild chest pain.  After a quick trip to the emergency room we learned that Stan was in cardiac distress.  He was admitted and tests were done which revealed that he had an arterial blockage.  Three days later (Wednesday) Stan had a double bypass surgery.  This is Saturday and Stan is recovering in the ICU and is doing well.  The amazing thing is that Stan, who is 70, has never been sick or had any real medical problems other than an occasional bout with the flu.  He is strong and an avid hiker.  That is why the doctor called his condition “a widow maker.”  We are very thankful that we were able to catch this early.  Please pray for Stan as he continues to recover.  Also pray for strength for his sweet wife, Stephanie, as she has been by Stan’s side the whole time and will continue to do so as she will be his nurse for the next couple of months.

On Sunday after Stan was in the emergency room for a while, I returned to the Broder house to feed the dogs.  As I opened the garage door, I heard water running . . . not a good sound.  I opened the door and stepped into “an indoor” swimming pool.  A pipe had broken and literally flooded the entire house with at least ½ inch of water.  I made a couple of phone calls and within minutes several people were here to help with the clean up.  It took two wet/dry vacuums, squeegees, push brooms and a bunch of towels to get up all the water.  The whole job only took about two hours. We were very thankful that their house is wall to wall ceramic tiles with just a couple of throw rugs and there were two low drains in the two bathrooms.

                       

Look at that floor shine!  But it is not from floor polish.

Yesterday I had the blessing of attending the Arizona IFCA Regional Conference where Gary Gilley was the speaker.  Gary Gilley is one of my favorite authors.  He wrote the book “Is That You, Lord?”  A book I highly recommend to everyone.  The theme was “Reaffirming the Sufficiency of Scripture.”   The regional was in Phoenix which was a four-hour drive.  That’s eight hours of driving for seven hours of conference but it was well worth every mile!

My Dayle is still with Stephen, Neeley, and Jack.  She will be home in 13 days.  Meanwhile, I have been keeping myself quite busy with preparing for my summer camp lessons.  I also took two days to re-carpet the trailer.

Please pray for Stan and Stephanie.  Also pray that I can get an appointment with the orthopedic surgeon for my right knee.  I have been having a lot of pain and I think that the meniscus that was damaged in an LAPD on-the-job injury needs to be repaired again.  I would like to get it fixed before we leave Arizona because I have a full summer of work ahead us.