Category: family news

New Look

Tallyho, Shinnfans!  I’ve changed the look of Good Ol’ AndrewandLisa.org.   What do you think?  Did you notice?  Does this design make the blog easier to read?  Harder to miss?  Less and/or more difficult to visually apprehend?  Careful readers will notice subtle changes on the About Us page, and REALLY careful readers may notice that I’ve added a new author, at least in the header graphic.  I saw his first blog entry today, and it’s a doozy!  I’ll post it up here sometime soon.

Cheers,

Andrew

Larry’s Surgery Update-2

Dad looks good this afternoon.  The nurses are slowly removing more and more of his attachments and monitors.  <Hyperbole alert!> I was even able to peer through the spaghetti-string-like jungle of tubes and cords to see most of his face today.  </Hyperbole>  He’s been able to stand up several times.  The ICU is readying to get rid of him and put him in the Cardiac Surveillance Unit to make room for people who are in far worse shape.  We expect that to happen today, sometime after 5 p.m.

Keep your prayers a-flowin’, though.  God’s grace is evident in Dad’s countenance, and it’s needed every minute.  The recovery process is and will be difficult and painful.  I’m continually amazed that humans are able to do something as audacious as ripping out the core human muscle, repairing it, sticking it back in, and expecting it to go back to work immediately.

Larry’s Surgery Update-1

Larry’s surgery on Wednesday, April 18th went well. The repair of his mitral valve was successful and the doctors were pleased with the outcome. He has spent two nights in ICU, immediate post-op recovery then letting his body balance fluids, blood loss, drainage from tubes etc. The pain has been present, manageable by oral pain medicine, the first day more in the back and shoulders, today more in the incisional area. The chest tube, internal blood monitoring system, catheter are coming out today and he will be moved to a cardiac step down unit.

Transport people, nursing staff, physician’s assistants, nurses, anesthesiologists and surgeons have delivered their care with an exellent standard. Mostly, we have felt God’s care and your prayers. It has carried us through and Larry has felt them every step of the way. Keep the prayers coming, we believe in a sovereign God that has this under control. We’ll update soon……thanks

Liam’s first words

Liam just said his first words.  Or at least they sounded like words.  His first one was (almost) as clear as a bell: “Google.”  He then went on to say something about “onion” and “Ralph.”  Three 2-syllable words!  What a marvelously intelligent child!  Not bad for 9 and a half weeks old!

Liam comes to work with Dad – and rolls over!

Liam came to work with his Daddy again today. I think this is going to be fun! While we were taking a break from working to change diapers and make a few images, Liam surprised me. Right in the middle of our photo shoot, he rolled over on his own! I took one picture before and one right after (both are below). It really surprised us both. I gasped and he cried. I had to put him back on the changing table to calm him down – crazy kid!

Enjoy the photos,

Andrew (daddy)