A friend of mine works for the Water and Sewer Dept. and spent all night clearing trees from the roads. I call him this morning and explained that we were trapped on all sides and couldn't get out. He sent this crew within 30 minutes and we were able to get out and check on friends and family. Thanks Tom!!!!!
This is just one picture of Mom and Dad's house. The limb, that's right a limb not the whole tree, put at least 2 holes in the roof and the limbs are still falling. The picture below is just a fraction of the devastation to their old oak trees. I was expecting it to be bad, but it is like a war zone. We parked in the neighbors drive because it is too dangerous to drive up to Mom and Dad's carport.
Charlotte and I do not have power and are not expecting it until Saturday. We are at a hotel tonight and lucky to have it. Some of the power crews are staying here and when the power went out here, it was restored in less than 30 minutes. Nathan has power and is hosting 8 people. Hannah is with us tonight because she is without power. Mom has power and despite the damage wants to stay at their house. Nancy had a tree fall on her house and it knocked the electric meter off the side of the house, so she not only is waiting for power to be restored, but will have to find an electrician to put things in order.
The face of Fayetteville has changed dramatically.
The streets melted this afternoon and so Charlotte and I picked up Mom and went to see Dad. He was still groggy from a sleeping pill he got last night, but his eyes lit up when he saw Mom.
He is frustrated because he has not had any PT yet. We tried to explain that the streets were littered with trees and it was going to be another day or two before all the nurses and therapist could make it to work. We met the nurse on duty and the head of nursing. She assured us that they would get him moved out of ICU to the therapy wing as soon as a bed comes available. She did say that Dad had been up in a chair for a couple of hours and they would do what they could during the interim. His vitals look good and should only have one more dose of antibiotic for the blood infection. His appetite is healthy, probably because he is starting his restricted diet, so he is eating everything they bring him. We just hope he doesn't lose too much of the progress that he had made before he got there.
I don't know if I will be able to update tomorrow. We will see what the new day brings.
We want to express our thanks again for the prayer and support we continue to get. Charlotte and I did some calling this afternoon to check on some folks from our church. They were all without power and huddled around various forms of heat, and everyone of them said that they were okay and in spite of their condition, wanted to know how Dad was doing and wanted us to know that they were praying for him.
We pray for everyone who is spending the night in the cold and darkness tonight.
God is good!
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