Update on DadTate

First of all, THANK YOU to everyone who donated to bring Sherry to town for DadTate's upcoming surgery. June Tate, David Whetstone, Rickey Gans, Dave Tate, and Susan Walker have already sent in their money to help make this happen. Robin Dion and Tommy Tate have also pledged to donate. God bless you all, it means so much to Dad to have ALL his children here as he enters into this ordeal.

Looks like DadTate will go into Mesa General Hospital on March 24 for the open heart surgery. He will be in intensive care after the operation for about a week, then probably another week or two on the telemetry ward, and then he will be able to go home. There is a 15% chance he may not survive the surgery, so we didn't schedule the surgery till the 24th so all the kids could arrange to be here. (That's why we took up the collection as mentioned above to bring Sherry over from Israel.) I know 15% sounds like a high risk, but there is a 40% chance he won't survive more than a couple of months without the surgery.

We are all grateful for the many prayers that are being offered in Dad's benefit. After the surgery, he will be facing a long arduous recovery period, but he is determined not to give up or give in. I want to be just like him when I grow up.

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