Update from Facebook

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Friday afternoon: no news. That's good news, right? Darin is really tired. He sleeps in about 15-20 minute stretches all night, which means he is also sleeping in 15-20 minute stretches all day. Talking and being on his phone makes his head a bit sore, so when his worried wife leaves him yet another message saying "how are you?!?!?!" she just might get kind of a terse reply from her main man,who will remain her main man in sickness and health, crabbiness and happiness.
I asked him if Sunday night was a 10 on the pain scale and your normal self is a 1, where are you at now. The answer is 3 1/2 folks!! So that is positive, but there are times when the head pain starts up again. He is also sore from laying in bed, sore from being in a hospital bed, sore from not being in a normal routine, so it is hard to judge how much of the pain and discomfort is from what happened and how much is just from not sleeping and being in a hospital and not home.
Tyson is not feeling the best, so we didn't go to see Darin today. Friends from church are going tonight, so we are thankful for all of those who stand in the gap in so many ways. Tomorrow the kids have a fun day at school. Jori is running a 5k at 8 in the morning, which means we all need to get to bed on time tonight!
We do hope that the scan will happen today. A second doctor had come by this morning, saw the note from yesterday that Darin was supposed to have a scan and also saw that this hadn't happened yet. So, he told another doctor to make sure that it happened today... Time will tell! Keep praying!

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