December 01, 2003
Paw Paw (Pa Pa)
I'm working on my Blood Has Been Shed story for the March/April issue. It was planned for release in our Jan/Feb issue, but we had to chop that issue and lessen the page count due to low ad sales. This is one of the stories we "bumped" for this issue. Another really good one is an interview David did with someone. I won't spoil the surprise.
Jack Maddox (Paw Paw) is doing much better. Most of his family was gathered around on Wednesday morning/afternoon as it looked like he might pass on that very day. His liver wasn't doing too well. Most of us expected the worse. Many were praying, however, and it seems they had a direct effect on him, as he dramatically improved over the next day. By Friday he was walking the halls and was moved to another room, an "intermediary care" room instead of SICU. Such a great man. We're so excited he's doing better. The prayers of my youngest, Rachel (whose photographs are on display here on this blog) were so sweet. "Father, we pray that Paw Paw wouldn't die, because I want him to play horsey with me again." I wish all the relatives could've heard that one, too.
I better get back to finishing up this story. I meant not to get distracted by mail, email, or the web.
