Friends and family,<\/p>\n
A quick update: Dad is scheduled for surgery #6 tomorrow (Friday morning). We met with the head surgeon this afternoon and were provided more detail on what to expect over the next many months. It was a difficult conversation; the journey Dad faces is hard to even comprehend. Please know how thankful we are that Dad has so many amazing friends keeping him close in thoughts and prayers.<\/p>\n
Dad is heavily sedated, but we are reading your emails and posts to him with the hope that he can comprehend some of what we\u2019re telling him. Please keep the notes coming. Also, if you would like to send cards at this time, please send them to the address below. We will read them to him until he can do so on his own.<\/p>\n
One good piece of news, Dad is still hooked up to the ventilator, but doing almost all breathing on his own. He gets enriched oxygen and the slightest of help from the ventilator, but the respiratory therapist we spoke to this afternoon says he is doing great.<\/p>\n
We will post an update as soon as we can after surgery. Surgery should start around noon.<\/p>\n
Colin and Ian<\/p>\n
Please send cards to:
\nColin MacDiarmid
\n8400 E. Stevens Dr. #2
\nPrescott Valley AZ 86314<\/p>\n
PS. On Friday, 20\/20 aired a story on a burn survivor treated at the Arizona Burn Center. These are the same people treating Dad, so we recommend you check it out. You can view it here: http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/2020\/stephanie-nielsons-story-tragic-crash-mom-lost\/story?id=13574901<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Friends and family, A quick update: Dad is scheduled for surgery #6 tomorrow (Friday morning). We met with the head surgeon this afternoon and were provided more detail on what to expect over the next many months. It was a … Continue reading