NEW: DAD IS HOME!

Dad is now home!

Visiting hours on Lane Creek Drive are more relaxed than at the hospital. ;-)

Please just call before coming (706-769-1380) to be sure someone is home. Dad has out-patient rehabilitation appointments and just catching up with "stuff."

1611 Lane Creek Drive
Bishop, GA 30621

Dad's email address is: gibushjr@yahoo.com

The Bush Family

The blog has spread to so many people, including some who we have not been in contact for years and some who we perhaps have not had a chance to even meet! Here is a photo (above) taken of us this past Christmas. We stayed on Tybee Island for a family wedding in the Savannah area.

This was a family portrait from the Bush reunion in August.
Back (L to R): Bucky, Chip, Dad, & Skeeter
Front (L to R): Veda, Chaz, Mom, Amy, Betsy, & Leah

What happened?

Dad suffered a traumatic brain injury after collapsing on the driveway from heat exhaustion on Friday, August 24th after about an hour and a half of mowing the yard before lunch. The injury was the result of the fall itself. There was no indication of a heart issue or an aneurysm. He hit the back right side of the head, but in a "contrecoup" reaction, the brain rebounded to the front left side of the head, and that is the location of the primary injury.

Why the blog?

We are going to attempt to post regular updates on the recovery of our husband and father following his accident on Friday, August 24th. Many of the entries will be written by me (Chip), his youngest son. Mom and my brother George, III (also known to many as Skeeter) may also add comments and postings along the way. Since we started this blog on Day 4, we backtracked to fill in the first few days. Intro documents are pre-dated to the 23rd to keep things in order.

The primary reason for this blog is to be as proactive as possible in sharing information with our extended family and all the wonderful friends who are continually expressing their thoughts, prayers and concerns regarding our family and Dad's recovery.

We want to be sure we are sharing the same message with everyone, and it was getting difficult to remember who we had called or who we had emailed. Hopefully by collecting our updates in one spot, as many who want to follow along can do so, and the address for this online blog can be disseminated to as many folks who will stand by us in this time and pray with us for a speedy recovery. (Thanks in advance for that!)

The secondary reason is to keep a record of this journey which we are on, so that one day Dad can go back and see where he had been, and have revealed to him how blessed we are.

Comments, words of encouragement, questions ... they are all welcome. Each post will have a comments link at the bottom. This is our first foray into the world of blogging, so hopefully we'll do it justice.

Dad ... if you are reading this for the first time ... we love you and stood by you united all the way.

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