Prayers sent
Hey, thanks for reminding to post an update!
Hunting wasn’t all that great, with daytime highs in the 60’s.
Tommy got Larry to deer camp on that Friday afternoon. He was stoked about just being there with us.
After putting up the last of the tree stands, attention was turned to the preparing of the traditional Friday night before deer opener dinner. It is always much like a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Turkeys, honey hams, mashed potatoes, veggies, rolls...
As I mentioned, Larry is left handed. Now, being paralyzed on his left side, eating right handed has been a challenge for him. This was the perfect meal for him. He could eat the turkey, rolls and ham with his fingers, the rest he could just “shovel”. He remarked that this was a lot easier than eating chow mein. “Eating chow mein, I’m a mess!” Still, one of the funniest people I know.
Larry was always our “sandwich guy”. After the Friday night meal, Larry would take sandwich orders from everyone and make whatever you wanted from the leftover turkey and ham. The next generation of deer hunters took over sandwich duties this year. But, Larry was still in charge.
He wheeled himself over to the counter where the “kids” were putting the custom sandwiches together. “That’s not enough ham! He asked for Miracle Whip, not Mayo!”
I laughed, I cried.
Next morning I filled Larry’s doe tag at 8:15. Sent him a text with a picture and he was elated. We finished the day with a spike and a spork. Not bad.
We sent Larry off for home on Sunday with Tommy around 9:30 in the morning. Got a text from his wife later that afternoon telling us that he couldn’t stop talking about what a great time he had.
Cried some more.
I’m so glad we did this for him and that it worked out so well. Thank you, all of you here that kept Larry in your prayers.
Believe me, it works.