Happy Easter

Happy Easter to all
It was so good to be with everyone on Easter Sunday and get caught up on everyone's news after such a long hard winter. It was indeed a beautiful day.
Spring has sprung. The weather here in Kentucky is really beautiful. Mrs. Duck (we recently found out her first name is Jemima) is on the nest again and taking very good care of what looks to be about a dozen eggs. She carefully turns and covers each egg each day. I think this is a little earlier than last year. Can't wait to see them hatch.
Spring break will be here in Northern Kentucky next week and it looks like a good week for all of the kids.

The week before Easter we were visiting Todd and Ken for about 10 days. Ken needs to have another surgery on April 16. The doctors will drill 8 holes into the top of his skull in an effort to allow blood vessels to be pulled into his brain. This is a very simple explanation but the surgery is more complicated than I can explain here. Please keep them both in your thoughts and prayers. Ken will need to discontinue his Plavix for 10 days before the surgery and this is what caused him major problems with his surgery last November. He has been off the Plavix since Sunday and so far things are going pretty well.

On Easter Sunday night Grandma had an episode of breathing difficulty.
She did not tell anyone until monday evening. Mike was with her and said she was still experiencing some shortness of breath. We took her to her general practitioner on Tuesday. He had some blood tests done, made a couple of small changes in her medications and called her cardiologist for a consult. We took her into her cardiologist the following morning and he recommended an angiogram. Ted was with her at the cardiologist and he was very impressed with the doctor's explanations and reasons for the test. Grandma has agreed to the test and will have the test at 3 p.m. on Wednesday April 14. If there is a need for a stint it will be put in at this time. We know that there is a problem with her heart but the only way to pinpoint the problem and be able to treat it is with this test. Overall Grandma is doing fine at this time however she is a little nervous but I think the wait is the most difficult thing for her. Amy paid her a visit on Friday afternoon to check her lungs and talk to her about any questions she has with the procedure. She is ready for this to happen.
The doctor recommended that she not be left alone at night as another episode could happen (it is more likely to happen at night when she is laying down). Debbie, Mike and I have been taking turns spending the night with her. On Sunday Linda is coming up and has agreed to stay with her through her test on Wednesday.

That is all the news from here. I will try to keep everyone up to date on all the happenings of next week. Keep us all in your prayers.

bj