Great Weekend!

Hey guys,

On Thursday after the service for "Miss" Sue, at which we had a great visit with the family, I made my way to Birmingham.  Thursday night I had a long-standing date with Reese, Jerry, Amy DuBose and Kyle DuBose.  Jerry had something come up so it was just the 4 of us.  Reese and I met them at the Rogue Tavern around 6 for a little pre-game action.  While there I found out one of the members of "The Hay" owns it and they were playing a show.  It was tempting, but we had good seats to see Old Crow Medicine Show at the amazing Alabama Theatre.  The show topped all my expectations and I got a CD from the opening act that kept me awake on the drive back home.

I got up Friday morning and went to work, but was really looking forward to 5 o'clock.  I knew I had to get some sleep because we had a big Saturday planned.  We laid pretty low and got to bed early. The 5:30 alarm came very early.

DeAnn's company had an entry in the dragon boat races so we decided to forgo an anniversary trip and attend that.  I am so glad we did.  As we were entering the amphitheatre at the river Dr Vermillion walked up to us.  Apparently his group had an entry.  When we got to the GMC tent I noticed Vermillion's tent was about three down.  Over the course of the day I had a chance to see, hug, and talkto a large group of former Dr.'s and nurses.  It was a great joy and surprise.  GMC finished 2nd in their flight to end a great day on the Alabama river in downtown Montgomery.

DeAnn and I had big plans to celebrate our 5th aniversary, but after such a long hot day we ended up going to our room and DeAnn crashed by 6 o'clock.  Even though we didn't have a nice dinner I truly do not know how our anniversary could have been any better.

Now its on to BAMA football!

Fins Up,
Jr.

Happy Birthday Dad!

Today is my amazing father's birthday.  He has turned 62 which means he is so old our government gives him a stipend for being old.  Wow, simply astounding.  I hope he has a great day.  We really need to add things to his bucket because if Reese and I let him all he wants to do is hang around at his house.

Well, that is really all I have for today.

Hope its been a great one, Pop.  Happy Birthday and I Love you!

Fins Up,
Jr

Angel in Heaven

Hey Guys,

This afternoon I got a call that "Miss" Sue Shelton passed away last night.  For those of you that have been reading this since the beggining you will probably remember her name.  Mom signed off the blog a god bit with "Please pray for Shanna, Mrs. Sue and Neil's lungs". 

Miss Sue and I were kind of kindred souls in early Spring of 2008 at Baptist South.  I heard her name for 5 months before I ever met her.  She came in the unit a week or so after me and was just as sick.  Our family fell in love with her and her 2 daughters.  That is where Tommie Lee and Mrs. Susan entered the picture along with our muscle, Mr. Ed.  From the stories I've heard I missed quite a bit of entertainment out in the waiting room.

Later on it became a race to see who could get to HealthSouth first.  It was a race Miss Sue would win as I had a few setbacks.  Actually by the time I got there she had already broken out.

As I got out of rehab we stayed in contact we them as we were fairly close by now.  One day Mom called to check and we found out Miss Sue was in the hospital and we decided to go check on them.  We went in the room and I finally met this sweet woman I had heard so much about.  It was a very emotional time for all of us.  I guess Miss Sue and I started realizing how much we had both been through.

We have stayed in touch over the last few years, but haven't seen them as much since we moved back and Miss Sue left John Knox.  I knew when I talked to Tommie Lee a few months ago that things weren't as good, but knew Miss Sue was a fighter.  Tommie Lee told Mom she went very peacefully.

Please keep this amazing family in your prayers.

Neil