Ladder Lesson

A lot of you who read this already know about this, so I'll try to keep this short. Yesterday (Friday) my dad was going to check the gutters at Mom's house to clean them out and he was on the ladder and it started to slip, so as it was slipping he jumped back off the ladder, landed on his feet, then fell down and ended up badly fracturing his hip. He was by himself (let this be a lesson to you!) but luckily had his cell phone and was able to call 911 and my mom. So they took him to the ER and at about 10:30 last night they did surgery to repair the hip. They put two rods in his left leg to repair the damage.

He was in a lot of pain yesterday leading up to the surgery, but it has been some better today since he is way doped up with medicine. He was out of the bed, sitting/laying in a sleeping chair while we were there today, and he's been eating but dealing with some nausea, but he is doing fairly well. He'll probably be in the hospital until Monday and will be out of work for 3 to 4 months. The doctor says he should make pretty much a full recovery and be able to do all the normal things he is used to doing, but it will probably be a difficult few months for him in getting there. So please pray for him, for a quick recovery and the entire family as we learn to deal with this new situation.