Guest Blogger

Hello Jennifer Haas blog followers. I feel the need to introduce myself to all of you for I am the individual assigned to update her blog as she progresses through surgery in the morning. I feel so “Hollywood”.
I am her husband Dan, the lucky man that has been married to Jenny for 13 years. The way she has dealt with being tested and diagnosed, scheduled and preparing for surgery has been truly amazing to watch. What’s also amazing to me is the lives that she has obviously touched throughout her life. As most of you know, she has never met someone who didn’t soon become her friend. She once thanked a police officer for a speeding ticket and most of the drive thru food clerks and check out lane baggers in Tipp City know her by name. Therefore, I should not be so surprised by the number of people who have reached out to us during this time, but I am. Prayer chains, meals, counseling, groceries, prayers, hugs, phone calls, cards, e-mails, and the list goes on. I cannot thank each of you enough for all that you have done. I wouldn’t know where or who to start thanking.
But I would like to thank one person publicly. THANK YOU to my wife for the last 13 years of helping to continue to raise me. I promise I’ll grow up some day. I wouldn’t be half of the person I am today without her. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think to myself “I can’t imagine my life without her”. THANK YOU to the mother of my children for being such a great mommy. You have been a mom for 11 years, and never called in sick. You amaze me and inspire others. THANK YOU for everything.
You have always been there for everyone else, and now it’s now time for us to be here for you. Go into surgery in the morning knowing that everything will be fine. We’ll all be o.k. and so will you. When you wake up, we’ll be there, and whatever challenge presents, we’ll face it and get through it together. We all love you.

O.K., sorry to the rest of the blog “followers”, I went off script for a moment but thought it needed to be said. As you’ll discover, there will be an easy way to identify who is updating the blog. If the blog has an upbeat tone, Jen is your blogger. If it takes a more mono tone and gets boring or long at times, it’s me.

I don’t want to end my first blog so sappy, so I’ll share a funny story from earlier today. The surgeon’s office called to let us know the balance we’ll owe following the surgery. They then went on to tell us that if we paid it today, we could get a 10% discount. Who knew that surgeons run "today only brain surgery specials”? I would have done it, but I didn’t have my Kroger Plus card.

Until tomorrow..........