On a more serious note...

Those of you who have been reading for a while will remember my grandfather. He is known to everyone as Grandaddy. Grandaddy will be 83 this month, and is still going quite strong for a guy his age. In addition to all of the weddings, graduations, etc that you would expect him to attend, it means alot to me that he was here for the birth of both of our boys and he has made all 4 of Matthew's birthday parties. This guy has done everything you would hope a grandfather to do, plus some. I killed my first deer sitting in the stand with him.

Grandaddy needs some prayers this week. A couple of months ago, he fell getting out of a chair at his favorite little lunch counter (plastic lawn chair broke). He was hurting enough to go to the ER later that day, and figured out nothing was broken, just sore. When he kept hurting, he went to see an orthopedist, who told him that he needed rotator cuff surgery. The surgeon told him that in order to do the surgery, he would need clearance from all of the doctors he sees on a regular basis (heart, diabetes, etc). That Dr doesn't know it yet, but it looks like he might have saved Grandaddy's bacon for another little while.

Long story short, the cardiologist "heard something" in the carotid artery. Several tests and a week later, the word was 90% blockage on one side, 70% blockage on the other. They are going to do surgery on Thursday to clear the blockage. Everyone says it is a fairly routine surgery, but at almost 83, nothing is risk-free. When you have a free minute, say a quick prayer to the Big Guy for the big guy...