Hospital Stay

December 30th, very early in the morning, Rena and I drove to Zanesville, Ohio to the Genesis Good Samaritan hospital.  Rena was scheduled to have a colon resection that day.  The surgery was made necessary by a few episodes of diverticulitis over the past several years.

As I mentioned in the previous post, the surgery went well.  Recovery has been more challenging than we hoped, but they tell us Rena's progress is quite normal.

It was rainy on the 30th, but New Years Eve day was sunny and quite nice.  Like most hospitals that have been around a while, it's a sprawling campus.  The main entrance is just left of center in the above photo.

New Years Eve visitors included Scott and Stephanie, Jen, Jason and Chanelle.  (Javin spent the night with a school buddy.)

I got to the hospital Sunday about 11:00 am and found Jen, Chanelle and Javin were already there to have church with Rena.  Jen brought their "Our Daily Bread" devotional and a Bible.  Chanelle and Javin read the Scripture passage and grandpa read the devotional.  (Chanelle and Javin are both very good readers.)  It was special of them to help make up for our missing church.