A "Fork in the Road" we didn't expect.

Today (actually, I guess it was technically yesterday - Monday) my husband fell from a ladder while trimming some branches from an evergreen tree next to our house. He fell about 12 - 15 feet, landed on his back and broke the # L-2 or was it 2-L? vertabrae in several places. There is also a bone chip that has poked into the spinal column too. Sooo, currently we are at the hospital in Milwaukee, where he was flown by flight for life. We waited a LOOOONG time here before he was given a room, and the neurosurgeons have decided he will have surgery tomorrow sometime. They have a family room here with internet access and a couch, so I am spending the night so I can hear more when the doctors come at 6 a.m. or so. John is in good spirits and joking some, he has feeling and movement in all parts of his body, and that is an extremely good sign. The doctors tell us he was VERY lucky that he was not paralyzed from the bone fragment. We are thankful for that and for the prayers of our family and friends. Modern medicines and surgeons can do wonderful things now days, and we are praying for a speedy and full recovery for John... it looks very hopeful that this will indeed happen.

Please continue prayers for John... we all appreciate them!!
Love,
Roberta and family.