Friday, November 25

Happy Anniversary, Sara and Matt! We love you.

Good morning. I hope everyone had just as fabulous Thanksgiving as we did. We were able to bring my parents over to my brother's for the feast of the decade. Daniel had smoked a turkey and a beef roast and I brought a ham. Of course we also had all of the fixin's, cranberries, sweet and mashed potatoes, broccoli and my famous stuffing as well as Ramona's homemade pecan and pumkin pie and a cheesecake sampler.

Our appointment with neuro-ophthalmologist Dr. Epstein did not give us the news we had wanted to hear. The damage to the optical pathway from the back of the brain to the eye has been disrupted and cannot be repaired. By Ohio law, Andy will never be able to drive. Needless to say, he was extremely disappointed. He seemed much better by yesterday and hopefully will realize how extremely fortunate he is just to be with us. Dr. Epstein was very nice and spent about 20 minutes delivering the bad news in a very empathetic yet professional manner. We now have the final answer to the driving question from one of the leading doctors in that field. As it often seems, when we get some terrible news, God has a way of following up with a bit of good news. Yesterday afternoon Sara texted that Matt had called her and it looks like he may be getting a 10 day leave to come home for the birth of their little baby girl. Fingers crossed he will be arriving shortly after I do on Monday afternoon. I will not be complaining about my 11 hour flight as Matt will be flying for about 30 hours. All of us will be very relieved when we are all together in Honolulu and then Evelyn can come any time she wants! By the way, today is Sara and Matt's 5th wedding anniversary. Congratulations!! Where has the time gone?