Grandpa Lambert

It's been kind of a rough week on our family. My father in law, who we loving call Grandpa Lambert is in the hospital. He is older 82 but in some ways is younger than my own parents. He stays in shape and is sharp as a tack. He eats healthy and has a "zest" for life. He went into the hospital for "routine" knee surgery and hasn;t been out since the begining of October. Come to find out his knee is secondary to other things going on. He was dehydrated because he couldn;t swallow or eat for many days. He had an IV and ended up doing much better. Then he started having blurred vision and speech problems, well he had a mini-stroke and went into surgery last night. The Dr's drilled a hole in his head to drain to releive pressure and are waiting to see the results. He lives in Mighigan with the rest of my in laws. I actually get along with my in-laws, in fact I love them all and miss them, but our life is in Wisconsin and our home is here. As of this morning Grandpa is making sense and kind of pissed off that he is still in the hospital ( which is great, totally his personality). We are hopeful that he is out soon and acting like himself again. I know this took lots out of him so I hope he can recover, truthfully I wonder if he will come back "fully"? Anyway we are grateful he made it through and hopefully we will hear more good news the rest of the week. The toughest part of getting married at an older age is then the parents are older and I want my kids to know their grandparents. We lost my mother in law when I was pregnant with my youngest ( who is three), and my older one was 2. I pray Grandpa is around for a while so my kids will know him better. I value Grandparents in my kids lives, they get to know a whole other generation and learn things I would probably not teach them. Grandpa your in our hearts and prayers! Get well soon!