Life Update

Hello everyone - I have been a slack blogger lately and knew it was past time to update everyone on the Russell home.

My vision - GREAT!  I had a vitrectomy on July 15th, returned to work August 7th, had a re-bleed on Aug.8th and had emergency surgery again in Charleston on Aug. 11th.  I have returned to work after the second surgery with excellent vision.  I do continue to have redness and swelling in that eye which should heal in the next few weeks. 

Dalton -  Playing football for his school and playing baseball for the Florence Gators.  His football team won their first game and his baseball team came in second in their last tournament led by the pitching of yours truly, Mr. Stud Himself, Dalton Russell.  His head is swollen but I think he will survive!  He is officially in Jr. High School!  WOW, I am old.

Jarrett -  He has begun to practice soccer and his coach is German.  He screams, " Get zee ball Jerritt".  He is also looking forward to the fall tennis league which should start soon - He takes private tennis lessons every Thursday and is really improving.  He began the 5th grade this year and is off to a great start.

Charles - He is working his tail off to get our home ready for the launch of our new church.  He is fixing toilets, painting, cleaning, weedeating, etc... 

My Grandmother, Mary Watts -   Some of you may know, my grandmother fell and broke her hip on Aug. 8th.  (The exact same day I had the eye bleed.)  She had surgery on Aug. 11th (same day as my emergency surgery) and has been in the hospital since then.  She got severely dehydrated and had a seizure, was placed in the ICU for several days and was finally well enough to enter rehab a couple of weeks ago.  After two weeks of rehab, our family met and decided that she was not strong enough YET to come home .  On Friday, Sept. 5th, she entered Heritage Nursing Home for 6 weeks of Inpatient Rehabilitation.  In 6 weeks, she will be able to bare weight on her foot again and will return to her home.  I visited her tonight and became very overwhelmed and emotional.  She is still very weak and does not feel well but the doctors anticipate a full recovery. 

In General -  Charles and I went to the beach on Aug. 22nd for my 20 year class reunion where I had a BLAST.  2/3's of my class was able to attend and we picked up exactly where we left off.  I went to school with some of the best people in the world and I love them dearly.  I hate that life gets too busy for us to see each other more often.  But, through Facebook, we plan to stay connected. 

More of the Russell drama later....