Doing well

Hello all,

Sorry for the delay on updates - no news is good news right?! In this case it definitely is. My dad is doing very well, still tired but all in all things are heading in the right direction. He has been out for a few short walks and even came over to help celebrate Memmo's (our nephew's) birthday, even if it was only for a few minutes. He still gets tired pretty quickly and certainly still needs a lot of rest, but we are very happy to know that he is doing better every day.

The photos above are from the scene of the accident. See if you can spot the metal hay rail at the top of the barn. The metal object in the second picture is the pulley that landed on my dad's head. Yes it fell off of that rail - anyone care to calculate the force of that thing coming down?

Warning! The photos below are not for the squeamish.

I've made them small so you can enlarge them if you wish by clicking on them. I think these are safe to post now, considering we know he's going to be o.k. These were all taken with my mom's cell phone in the ER at Regions. When we first got there, they hadn't stapled the wound yet, so every once in a while some blood would start to run down my dad's face. You can also see them cleaning the wound and finally putting the staples in.