My Grandpa

My grandpa (my dad's dad) is getting up there in years, but he is doing good. Until he hurt his shoulder picking up Josh, he was out golfing regularly. I know he has been slowed a bit by Parkinsons and the toll the medication gets, but most of the time he is the same guy he always was.

I am in complete denial that people around me are aging. I even want to deny that I am aging. I want everything to continue like it is today. Or like it was.

It turns out he fell and hurt himself badly a couple of days ago. I know that is not age related, but at his age, the consequences can be pretty tough. He has a few doctors appointments coming up for his facial bones with an opthamologist and to check if he has a broken rib with his primary care physician. I feel so bad for him and his wife, my Gramma Lee.

Here is the news in her words to my dad:
First of all, your Dad is OK. We were at the golf course yesterday, I was
playing and Bob was driving the cart and putting. We were on the 8th tee
and I had just hit my tee shot , Bob was in the cart and I was putting my
club back. The guys were on the back of the tee. I looked up and Bob was
starting to walk across in front of the cart, he was on the grass and then
there was a curb and I feel he didn't see the curb and he started to fall
just as I looked up and I saw him hit the cement and then I saw his head go
down and really hit hard, I could hear his head hit that cement. I ran to
him and couldn't get him up. The guys rushed up and he was saying I want to
stand up. Two of them took his shoulders and picked him up. He was
bleeding from cuts and abrasions all over the left side of his face, his
glasses had shattered. His nose and other places were bleeding a lot. We
got him back into the cart and I drove us back to the parking area where the
car was and I told him I was taking him to the Emergency Room. He said no,
but I said yes. We went, we got there around 9:00 am. We were in there
until l:00 pm. The Doctor said I am going to take three scans. A brain
scan, a facial scan and a cervical spine scan. The results were, he has a
fracture in the lower orbital floor and they said he should see an
ophthalmologist within two days... Needless to say he looks pretty bad, his eye is swollen closed and that whole side of his face is swollen. We put ice packs on it yesterday.
He is now telling me he thinks he has a cracked rib...

Please keep both of them in your prayers.