Happy Fathers Day

Hello Fathers!
We wanted to wish all of the fathers out there a Happy Fathers Day! We hope you had a wonderful day filled with everything you love to do and filled with family fun time! After church we went swimming while Zach spent the day at P & C's swimming and playing and having a great time! We all reconviened (is that how you spell that?) around 3 PM for fathers Day Festivities.

The boys were so incredibly excited to give Gary his Fathers Day gifts and cards. They all made him super special cards and got him a 1/2 lb. of his favorite See's Candy and a scruffy dog from Build A Bear. They named him "Hero" for their Dad and they stuffed that scruffy dog full of hearts and love! Jax is actually sleeping with Hero tonight. It was awesome!

Gary was able to make it downstairs for a while tonight to join in the activities. Steph, Steve & kids came over to swim and then bar b que. We had so much fun and the kids played baseball and pickle in the back yard for hours!

Gary has not had a great weekend. He was able to make it to part of Zach's baseball game yesterday but he has been stricken with pain. He had a tough day today as well. After having a terrible phone conversation with Dr. Barth we decided not to admit Gary at Hoag but to try and figure things out tomorrow. If that means admitting him tomorrow then we will do that. We can't seem to get his pain under control.

Dr. Barth is an amazing doctor and we feel so blessed to have him BUT he is very unkind a vast majority of the time to both Gary and me. He speaks to us in a condescending tone and it is disturbing. Sometimes when we are having problems we do not want to call because we do not want to be treated that way. I understand that he has an incredibly difficult job and I respect that. He seems to have no respect for Gary or for me and he DOES NOT understand what we are going through on the other end. I know he has feelings and I thought he was fond of Gary but I am thinking I was wrong. Gary does not want to confront Dr. Barth because he is fearful of losing him as a doctor. I have to respect Gary and not say anything. I wish he knew how unkind he was to us but then again maybe he does not care. His job is to help Gary but I wish he could be decent to us while doing that.

So, tomorrow we have Jax's kindergarten ceremony and then up to the doc office to get hydrated and figure out why Gary is in so much pain. I hope we get to see Nicole - the PA.

Off to bed.

Good Night and Sleep Tight!
Love,
L