Difficult situations

We had a lot of great news yesterday after my father in-law got his CT scan back. The bleeding has stopped and it looks like things are trending in the right direction. He is alert and chatting with us. That’s the most important thing.

The difficult part with all this is that the recovery is likely a month or two for the blood to fully get out of his brain. It’s undoubtedly going to be a difficult situation for my mother in-law, Sophia, and myself. We’re still working out details, but I believe the most likely scenario is that we’re all going to be here for at least November together.

This obviously was not part of our plan for November. But I’m choosing to taking things in stride and staying positive about everything. It’s really easy to spiral and complain about being here. Being in a coastal summer vacation town in November is less than ideal. But there’s also a lot of positives.

We can have fun and live a normal life. The Croatians and Zadarians are great and welcoming people. Our work has been very understanding. It will require a lot of flexibility on everyone’s part, but we’ll make it through and hopefully bring my father in-law home healthy with some great stories and experiences.