Vacation Interrupted

On Saturday, March 25th, we took off for a long anticipated trip to Yosemite for a week. We planned this vacation 13 months ago and without a baby in our thoughts. We were eager to travel with her and explore this park for the first time.

We stopped in Los Angeles for a baby shower of some dear friends and had a ball being with them. On our way out, my sister called to tell me that my father had been hospitalized with chest pains. We turned around and returned to San Diego.

My father, who plays golf once a week and visits the gym 5 times a week, had been experiencing chest pains when he exercised over the last week. He kept it to himself until that morning when he and my sister did a 5K walk. It was determined that he DID NOT have a heart attack but there was obviously something wrong.

On Monday AM, they did an angiogram and discovered two blocked arteries. The doctors at Scripps inserted 3 stents into the arteries and yesterday he got a clearance to resume all normal activities. It was a scary time in our family. We also were dealing with health issues of my mom (bone spur, unable to walk without wrenching pain!) and my aunt (bladder cancer, 90% coverage, surgery April 13th) and my uncle (tumor on bladder probably cancer). It was a tough week.

We ended up leaving Monday night to still be away for the rest of the week, which ended up being enough time away. It was a delightful time spent as a family, relaxing, hiking, napping, reading, and just being together. It was hard because our hearts were at home with our families and worrying about how everyone was.

We took a day long tour of Yosemite that ended up being a private tour and was just amazing. We had a great tour guide, who "babysat" our sleeping beauty when she was napping during an opportunity to hike. She actually awoke when we were at the falls taking pictures and she just smiled away at Gordon... whom she had not met until the moment she opened her eyes! She continues to amaze us with her flexibility and friendliness.

It was nice to be home and be WITH our family and experience Passover and still be off of work for an entire week!