Family rolling in

Uncle No.1 arrived last night, after driving for two days straight all the way from Beaumont, Texas. Uncles 2 -4 plus wives (well, 3 uncles, 2 wives) are flying in on Monday from Canada, Calgary and Toronto. Plenty of moral and practical support for the mom, hopefully, while pops slowly slowly seems to be getting a little better. He's still in critical condition, of course, and doesn't respond to the doctors or nurses, but he does seem to respond to family every now and then, and that gives us hope.