Update on Ed

Ed's still at Pitt Memorial Hospital in Greenville recovering from lung surgery. We may be able to get home by Labor Day, but that all depends on his healing, how the xrays look and how he gets along this week. He's been here since August 9th and is looking forward to getting better and going home, good as new!_______________________________

Fun with the Haltigans

"Ireland and Alana enjoyed a fun day at the beach with some friends, Ella and Kayla Lamm. Our miniature horse has been born and will come live with us this fall after he has been weaned. Our cat, Shep, found a great resting place...or dining place? "

April Whitehurst Haltigan

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Wedding Pictures from California Cousin!

My cousin, Brent's daughter's wedding pictures:

Just a short clip, preview of the youngest daughters wedding pictures, less than half the photos from the wedding. More to follow in three weeks."

Brent

http://www.truelovephoto.com/lj/
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Milt's Son, Trevor, at Hockey Camp

"Hey, here's Trevor at Canes Camp.You can view the album at the following address. " Milt Smith

Milt and I worked together at Dimon in Farmville.


http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/viewalbum.aspx?a=534302
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Pilgreen Wedding Pictures

"Link below of pictures our cousin took. They also include some vacation photos. Hope all is well..." Leah


John Carter, Farrish's cousin, shared these pictures of the wedding. They are great.

http://www.cartercentral.org/vacations/Pilgreen_Wedding/
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Suzanne Crenshaw's Wedding Pictures

This is a link to a friend's wedding pictures:


http://www.approvemyalbum.com/

Enter: Crenshaw Wedding

Click on Crenshaw Wedding

Password: Roxanne
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Kevin & Farrish Married August 9th at Emerald Isle

Here are a few of the pictures taken at the wedding! I want to thank Susan Crawford and Jeff Dunning's wife for taking some beautiful pictures. We won't get the photographer's pictures for a couple of weeks, but wanted to share these.

Update: Ed, Sr.

Just wanted to let everyone know that Ed is doing well. His room number is 274 in the North Tower. His room phone # is 847-9750 or you can call my cell phone for an update, 825-0172.

He's walking down the hall with the assistance of some cute nurses each day and his overall strength seems to be improving each day. His lung continues to heal, but is a slow process.

He wants to thank everyone for their prayers and kind words and deeds expressed during these last few weeks.

Ed Sr. in Hospital

Sorry I have been a little slow in posting on the blog, but Ed has been sick and had surgery Tuesday of this week. He had a collapsed lung a couple of weeks ago which landed us in the hospital for a few days. The same lung collapsed Saturday morning, and the doctors recommended surgery. So here we are at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, NC.

He is getting along well but it takes a while for the lungs to heal. We will be here until Labor Day per Dr. Moran.

A Thank You Note From Ed Jr & Wendy

"I wanted to express our sincere appreciation to everyone who has helped (and offered) over the past week. As some of you may already know, Ed Jr and I were having some work done to our house at the river. To make a long story very short, when the rain moved in from the tropical depression, it literally rained in our house. We were scrambling at 1 a.m. to arouse 5 sleeping children (including a newborn) and get them out of an interior rainstorm while trying to also grab our pictures and other sentimental valuables that couldn't be replaced (as well as everything for my home-based business).

We are still awaiting confirmation from the insurance company, but it appears as though the entire interior of the house will have to be gutted (ceilings, walls, etc.). We hastily grabbed what we could salvage and moved back to our house on Grimesland Bridge Road on Sunday. We expect to be here for anywhere from 3 to 6 months, depending on how quickly the repairs progress.

I hope I don't leave anyone out...here goes my "thank you" list:

Judson risked life and limb to go up on the roof with Ed during the storm as everything was going on to try to see if there was something that could be done to stop the "flooding." He has also been overseeing the "recovery efforts" of moving out furniture, tearing out wet insulation, and generally helping to manage affairs, etc., in Ed's absence while he is at work.

I would like to express our sincere appreciation to Annette and Farrish, who so very graciously came to our Grimesland house early Sunday and began cleaning so that we could begin moving. This was an especially difficult task, as the house had not been lived in (with the exception of a couple months) for 3 years. I'll leave the rest to your imagination. :(

On Thursday, April very graciously picked up Savanna and spent her day at our river house wading through the aftermath (with no AC, WET, and smelly) to see what she could salvage and bring to us. She volunteered to go do this for me so that I could spend the day working on a new account I had just started the Friday before our incident (not to mention the fact that I was still working on our GBR house as well as being 3 weeks postpartum and still physically "limited"). Had I missed an entire day of working for them, I very likely would have lost the account, so I am very thankful to April for her time and efforts.

Beth has been helping with laundering clothes that were left behind. I am very thankful for this, as we all know what a pain it is to have even more laundry to do. :)

Aunt Connie kept 3 of the children at her house for a few days while we tried to get the GBR house "livable." My mom helped with Maverick, and Trey hung tight with mom and dad.

Also on Thursday, Dynita came and spent the entire day helping to clean our entire house at GBR. I had spoken with her on the phone just that morning, and although she had just come back into town from being away for 2 weeks, she showed up at my door within an hour armed with a box of cleaning supplies and food.

We have also received several calls and offers of help from others. Thank you, to you all. Thanks, Caroline, for your offer to keep the children. Please forgive me if I left anyone out. As you can imagine, our stress level is a bit high these days, and my days and thoughts are running together, so please forgive me if I failed to mention someone's act of kindness."

Much thanks and love,
Ed and Wendy and family (Savanna, McClain, Camden, Maverick, and Trey)

Little "Twin" Shrimpgirls

Judson sent this picture of his grandchildren, April & Kevin's girls, catching shrimp at the river.

Kelli & McKenzie Visit

Kelli and her friend, McKenzie, spent the night with Ed and I last night. Before yesterday's storm they were able to get in a little swimming!

My Friend's Cruise to Canada

Constance, husband Mike & kids went on a cruise aboard the Carnival Victory from June 23-28th, Canada/Nova Scotia. Her mom and Mike’s parents joined them. They all had a great time, as you can see from the pictures! Thanks for sharing.

Stokes-Pactolus Reunion-You May Recognize Attendees

Stokes-Pactolus Class of '54 holds reunion
The Daily Reflector
Sunday, July 06, 2008
The Stokes-Pactolus 1954 graduating class, the first class to graduate from the consolidated schools of Pactolus and Stokes, held its 54th class reunion at the home of Jeanett and Joe James of Greenville.

Three members of the class are deceased:

Dare James Williams, Allan Simmons and Jack Hardison.

Visitors attending:

Kay Gray, Joyce Cherry, Burney Clark, Jeannett James, Shirley Brown, Hilton Vernelson, and Nell Eastwood.

Members of the 1954 Stokes-Pactolus graduating class included, seated, Russell Brown, Ann Jones Vernelson, Betty E. Smith and Floyd Eastwood. Standing are John Gray and wife Kay, Glenn Cherry, Betty Haddock, Janie Turner, Dot Clark, Joe James and Charlie Meeks.
Members unable to attend: Mildred Williamson, Bobby James, Ann Laird, Carl White, Judy Warren, Nancy Warren, Janie Tyson, Pat W. Pierce, and Jean Haddock.

Plans were made to hold the 55th class reunion at 63 Ridgecrest Drive, Moore's Beach, Chocowinity, on June 13, 2009.

Myrtle Holland Has Eye Surgery

Ed's sister, Myrtle, who lives in Belvoir had eye surgery on one of her eyes today. We are glad to report that she is doing very well and has not had any pain. She goes back to the doctor in approximately a week and will schedule surgery on her other eye.