A very rough weekend

Fourth of July weekend was going to be very busy for our family. We had Kayla's birthday to celebrate, and barbecues to attend, and my brother was going to start the TransPac race (a sailboat race from LA to Hawaii) down in San Diego.

But life threw us a curve ball...

Friday night my dad was rushed to the hospital with an aortic aneurysm. Before rupturing, it dissected the arteries in his body from his neck down to his legs. This is a catastrophic event that results in death more than 90% of the time. He had emergency surgery that night, and sometime early Saturday morning we were told there was nothing more that could be done. They would transfer him to ICU and we would probably have an hour or two to say our goodbyes.

But somehow, we have been blessed with a miracle, and he is still with us. He is improving a little bit every day, and while the long term prognosis is still very uncertain, we now have hope where we had none before.

Please pray for our family and for my Dad. We have already seen a few miracles already, but I'm hoping that we will be granted a couple more to get through the next few critical milestones of recovery. Thanks for all of your love and support. It means the world to us.