Today is Memorial Day. We are thankful for the servicemen and women who have served in the Armed Forces to protect our country.

(insert picture of my Great Great Grandmother's grave.)

Mommy and I came home around 11am.  Today our McDonald's had a special for veterans.  Barbara and GGF went to get lunch for us and bring it home to eat.   Barbara won't buy meals or drinks except on very rare occastions.  We had a Big Mac, 8 pieces of chicken nuggets, 4 McDoubles, and a large fry.  That fed the five of us for $2.36 thanks to GGF's special.

I went over to Andy's and pulled weeds in his flower bed and earned $10.00.

I played at home mostly watching baseball games on Barbara's iPad.  Around 2:30pm Mommy and I were going to get Mrs. Cat a thank you card and little gift card.   We opened the door to the gargage and saw GGF sitting on the garage floor leaning against the sofa.  He turned his head towards us and it was awful.  He had a hugh knot on his forehead and blood on his face and clothes and on the mats on the floor.  I was freaked out.  Mommy called GGM.  GGM and Barbara both came to help.  Nicole came over to help also.  The bleeding stopped, which is amazing since he is on a powerful blood thinner.  Mommy called Andy to come help GGF get upoff the floor, then GGM and Barbara took him to the emergency room.

At the emergency room they took an EKG, and CAT scan which were both normal.  They x-rayed his hand and arm.  His right hand was not broken and will heal on it's own.   His head hematoma will heal on it's own.  It will move down his face and turn all kinds of awful colors but will heal with just soap and water to clean it and a thin layer of Neosporian.  His  left arm is broken up near the shoulder.  He will not need surgery if he can keep it immobilized in a sling.

GGM and Barbara are going to have their hands full trying to keep GGF wearing his sling and to keep him from falling.   He is afraid it will hurt so he isn't able to move very well yet.  

I was upset every time I would think about GGF's condition.  I didn't want to be in the same room where he was.  Around 8:30pm I finally was able to go into his bedroom and see that he was okay with just a bandaid on his head and hand and a sling on his arm.

 While GGF was at the emergency room, Mommy and I did go get Mrs. Cat a card and a Subway gift card to show our appreciation for her being a great first grade teacher for me.