Sometime in the past year two of the three Seely guys have been in the hospital.   I had back surgery last year on Dec 6th.  Trent had many tests run over the summer for his stomach.  

I guess Reed was feeling left out.   Therefore, we leave tomorrow for Austria for Reed to have his tonsils removed on Tuesday.  He has been battling throat infections for the last several years, but in the past 3-6 months he had many, many infections.  The last one took 5 antibiotics to clear up.

We chose to go to Austria because the hospital should be much closer to what Reed is used to in the US.  Also, there should be english speaking doctors and nurses which are pretty rare here in Budapest.  We will be in the town of Wiener Neustadt, which is about 50km south of Vienna and just across the Hungarian border.  It is about a 2 1/2 hour drive for us. 

Reed will be in the hosptial for 3-5 days and Valerie will stay with him for the duration.  I’m going up just for the procedure on Tuesday and then I’ll take the train home on Tuesday night to take care of the other kids.

Please pray that God would guide the hands of the doctors and that Reed would heal quickly.  Also, pray for the 3 kids that we are leaving behind as they all woke up sick this morning and are in different stages of recovery. 

Hopefully, the girls won’t try to catch up with the guys in the coming year.  We have seen enough doctors offices and hospitals in Europe.  We’re ready to get back to touring churches and castles.