He is on his way to the airport!!!

Hi everyone...sorry its been so long but I have been so very busy these last couple of days and weeks getting the house ready for John to come home. I just spoke to him as he is on his way to the airport in Delhi...He is very excited and nervous..please pray for this flight as his inciscion is still not totally healed up and he has to fly in coach and is a bit worried about the seat with his hips. I am sure it will be okay...I just want him to get home. His flight will be all night long and then he will land in Newark tomorrow and leave around 6:30am for Phoenix YAAAAAAHOOOOO!!!!
Jason Amber and I will be going to meet him there at the airport...I just have a few things to do today and then I am going to just rest for the rest of the day before he gets home.
I am sure he will have lots to blog about once he gets home so I will go for now and want to thank all that has been inquiring on this blog about John...God Bless you for your concern and prayers.
It has meant more than you will ever know.
The next post will be from John :0)

Finally

Hello to all,
I have been extremely "beyond busy" these last couple of weeks...too long to go into but feel as though I have made an incredible dent!!!!
John will be coming home this coming weekend. He will be leaving Delhi on Sat night and will be back in Phoenix on Sund morning....Please pray for him as he is very nervous about the seating...being in coach class with those hips....pray that he has a comfortable flight and that he could get an isle seat in bulkhead...due to the change in plans because of what happened early on after the operation the seats he had originally are no longer available....so my pray is that he would get the isle seat in the bulk head seating that way he could stretch out a bit...but this is also all in the hands of the Lord.(but it would'nt hurt to pray anyway :0)
He seems to be doing alot better just is very homesick and I really miss him and cannot wait for him to be home either!
There is still alot of therapy left but we will cross that bridge once we get there. I know this is short but I still have a great deal of stuff to accomplish before he gets home...I will post more this week.
Thanks again for all the prayers and concern it means more than you will ever know. I am sure that once John gets home he will have alot to blog about.

Better and Better

Well I spoke to John this morning and he sounds sooooo much more encouraged and I believe this has been such a needed journey for both of us!! He has been getting up and walking much more every day and feeling so much more stronger with every time he attemps the walk...He related a funny story to me and I have to pass it on....He has a young man that is like a assistant that stays with him during the day in case he needs anything...so the doctor came in to check on John and his inciscion and while the doctor was actually cleaning the wound site as that young man happened to be in there at that time when he saw the doctor express the wound....the next thing John and the doctor realized the young assistant had fainted when he saw what the doctor was doing.....LOL Even the doctor found it amusing to say the least! Yesterday John was able to visit with a bunch of americans that had also gone there for surgeries and he said it had done him a world of good to be able to talk to other MedJourney people and just to be able to visit with other americans was a real upper for him....He has stated that the Hindu people of India are very gentle and sweet....And he is even going to do a Family Portrait for the family of the guest house he is staying in....I know that we will probably have some new friends from India which is fine by me...We are ALL GODS CHILDREN....and we need to treat each other with that in mind no matter where we are!
Well I am sure that when John gets back he will have much to blog about his journey there as for me at this time I have soooo very much to accomplish yet BEFORE he gets back so I will close for now and ask God to Bless each one of you that have held him up in prayer for such a time as this....I especially want to thank my children....Erik and Candace for your willingness to pray for him at this time in our lives it means more than you will ever know...
All things are working together for good for those that love God and are called according to HIS purposes.....

will blog more later

John in finally out of hospital

Hi everyone I have been so darn busy and tired!!!! I just wanted to let everyone know that John is doing soooooo much better and he is now in the rehab center he went there on Sunday..He was really scared to travel and get in and out of the car...but he did it and has been walking around alot. Please pray for him though his inciscion from the second surgery is having a time trying to heal up. He is probably going to be there another week or so but he is okay with that... I told him I would much rather he mend some more before the long airflight home. The hard part is there is 12 hours between us and he is usually getting up for the day while I am getting ready to fall a sleep!!! We don't have a lot of time to talk and when we do it is usually personal...He has had a couple of wonderful caretakers there and has made some nice friends and some aquaintanences from America... I am sure once he gets home he will probably fill pages after pages of this experience...I on the other hand have been furiously trying to take care of things and reorganize the house before he gets back...Thanks again for all of everyone thoughts prayers and concerns while he has been away on this trip.
Will post again soon

John is doing much better

Hi everyone,
I am sorry for not posting lately but I have been out of town and not near a computer...I talked to John for about 45 minute this morning and he sounded better than he has in a long time...Thank God!! The doctor has him up and sitting on the edge of his bed...It is slow going but he is so much more encouraged than he was last week! They do want him to stay there for another week maybe two but its because of the break in his femer that they are being very cautious about and I would rather he mend more there than to chance it early and come home and possibly do more damage. He has done a lot of journaling and reading and at times is very bored...the television over there leaves a bit to be desired and its mostly in Hindi....I told him He should be able to speak this language somewhat by the time he comes home!!! he was not amused LOL....
As Always I would continue to ask for prayer for his quick and thorough healing esp the bone that was broken and that he would focus on all that he needs to remember as part of the recovery and rehabilitation..
This truly has been an experience for both of us and I know that the Lord has his hand on John and I and the situation.. we just trust in the Lords word in Isaiah 40:31
Will post more tomorrow after I talk to John. Thanks again for your thoughts and prayers

Another Surgery

Well even though I was away for a couple of days I was always in contact with John and everything was okay until that last episode with the knee...come to find out it was not the knee but the hip!!! When John thought he had hurt his knee it was really the stem of the prosthesis that had come out of the socket so he actually by turning over, had pulled the hip out of socket!!! That's why they did not see anthing wrong with the knee but the pain had traveled down to the knee....OMGosh....
So last night they did another hip replacement on that right side...this time they had to get a longer stem and cement it into the femer but the femer also had a crack in it. So on top of the hip replacement he also has broken (hairline crack) in the femer...I did talk to my sister in law Judy who was a surgical nurse many years and has had this kind of surgery herself she assured me that was actually normal with hip replacements....
John is having a very bad time there and is very anxious and just wants to come home....please pray for his peace and speedy recovery..
It looks like he will have to stay there until the 15th of November maybe even longer.
I will continue to update this site as I get the info and am near a computer..