We had a good visit with Josiah yesterday at Reading Hospital.

He continues to heal from his injuries and surgeries – with more surgery ahead of him. We appreciate your continued prayers.

We understand that his damaged leg and femur were repaired with Monday’s surgery. He faces more surgery to fix his broken wrist and cracked hip socket. His next surgery is scheduled for Thursday.

He is fairly comfortable, but experiences pain, especially when the staff move him a bit.

A friend stopped in with McDonald’s French fries and a vanilla milk shake. The milk shake tasted good to Josiah, but he was not hungry for the fries. The friend gave the fries to Cerwin and me, so I double-checked if Josiah wanted any. He said he would taste one. He ate a second one, then said that was enough.

After visiting with Josiah for an hour or more, I messaged Tyler’s wife, Lori, and asked if she was in the hospital. She was. I knew that Tyler was having surgery that morning, so thought he would be sleeping most of the early afternoon and that she might be glad for a short visit. I understand that Tyler’s Tuesday surgery was to repair a badly damaged pelvis.

The Reading Hospital is new to me, so it was a major excursion to go from the T Building (where Josiah is) to the N Building (where Tyler is healing). The hospital is a 22-building complex with 671 beds spread over 36 suburban acres.

Josiah is on the 5th floor and Tyler’s room number starts with 4, so I thought I could go down a floor and maneuver my way toward his room. But it wasn’t that easy. When I met a nurse on the 4th floor and told her were I was going, she said, “Oh, that is a different building. You will have to go to the ground floor then walk to the N Building.”

When I got to the ground floor and began looking for directions to the N Building, I met three maintenance men who asked where I was going. The one quickly said, “I will take you there.” He left his cart behind him as we walked toward another elevator.” The other two eventually went their own way, while this kind man walked me right to the information desk in ICU (or some kind of special care unit), then before leaving, said, “God’s blessings on your day.” The information attendant then walked me to Tyler’s room.

I am very impressed with the friendly staff who help guests find their way to rooms. It is also a very secure hospital. Visitors (18 years and older) need photo ID’s before getting a visitor’s pass.

It was nice to meet Lori. We did not know them before the accident brought our families together. We visited awhile as she told me about Tyler’s injuries and what they knew about the accident. Tyler was more alert following the accident than Josiah. She thinks the cycle hit the pole – almost head on – and the guys were thrown in opposite directions.

Following our visit and a hug, I found my way back to Josiah’s room. I am rather directionally challenged, so was pleased to make this leg of the visit all by myself. 🙂

When I got back to Josiah’s room, the bed was empty and Cerwin was alone in the room. He said that Josiah was out for x-rays. We waited more than half an hour – hoping for more information – but then decided to leave so I could take a check to the bank for Josiah for deposit. He usually does that himself, but I had done that before because he is on the road a lot and his mail comes to our house.

We will visit him again later in the week and continue to bring updates from his youngest sister Lydia who visits him every day – following her job as a cook at Lancaster General Hospital.