A Little Bad News

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Well, it’s just kind of disappointing. As you may remember from my previous posts, my dad’s surgery to replace 6 vertebrae in his neck has left him with just a whisper of a voice due to a paralyzed vocal cord. He had an injection of Restylane in that vocal cord Thursday, and was told not to speak at all until today. So he followed instructions exactly! Unfortunately, when he woke up this morning his voice was still a whisper. He called me, and he was disappointed. He assured me he wasn’t discouraged he just had gotten his hopes up. I pointed out that the injection can take a few weeks to kick in fully, and most likely his voice will come back, just gradually. Personally, I still believe his voice will indeed be back, and until then we will continue to pray. If this injection doesn’t work in a few months they’ll do another. I really do wish though that people would remember he is supposed to keep his talking to a minimum so his voice can heal. I think @OceanTiara shared my ire that people who know better keep calling him instead of texting him (he has tried to gently remind them, and at times has given the phone to his wife to answer when his voice was too strained). Certainly, there are random people who just hadn’t heard, and a few older folks whose phones can’t text, and you don’t mind. But the majority of people can definitely text, and know the situation. I’ll leave that to my dad to deal with. He said to let him handle it, and not to concern myself with it. But I love the big guy, so sometimes that is difficult to do. They certainly are happy to see him back at church though.