Fathers Day 2012

Ray is currently back in surgery. They took him back about 4:00pm and surgery started at 5:00pm. They feel like he has a "leak" of some type, probably a leak of his bile duct. The surgery should take at a minimum of 2 hours they felt like. They would go in, check things out, fix and then close. He really had been doing better up until this set back. His kidney numbers were better today, down slightly from yesterday. He was experiencing pain today in his lower abdomen, around his belly button area. The kids came to Durham today, delivered by Granddaddy Tom. We were going to "skype" Daddy but when he called this AM he said the ICU doctor said "rules are meant to be broken" and that the kids could come back. The gowned up and gloved up and went in to see Daddy. They were SO HAPPY and Ray was SO HAPPY! There were lots of hugs, lots of kisses, smiles and lots of "I missed you so much". Ray was overcome with joy, tears of joy. The kids brought him father's day cards, Riley brought him a gift " a milk cup" she made at school. We posted them up on the wall in his room. It was a GREAT visit. I had lunch with the kids, showed them the apartment and then they tested out the swimming pool at the apartment. Ray called me about 3:00 in a panic and told me the news. I will update as I know news from the surgery. PLEASE continue to PRAY