Grandpa Carroll and his nine lives

Grandpa Carroll and I went out to help Buck with his garage siding job. What help we were! He is always johnny on the spot to help us. Wiring the garage, helping put a roof on our house, fixing our furnace, digging fence post holes and etc. We pulled nails out of his garage. We decided to go to the lake for a boat ride. What a wonderful ride, the sky was clear and the air was a little cool that Carroll put on my sweatshirt jacket. The lake was quiet. We got back and Buck dock the boat. Carroll and I had been fishing off the boat before the ride so I decided to leave the fishing poles on there. Kathy (Michelle's mom) and Ruth had gone with us.We were getting off the boat and heading up the dock. When we heard this big bang and a splash. Buck dropped his cooler and took off running for the boat. Carroll had his fishing pole and decided to leave it on the boat. The boat drifted back and Carroll fell and hit the post on the dock and fell in the water. He was half under the pontoon. Buck said all he could see was his white tennis shoe. He pulled him out from underneath the pontoon. Buck got him up to the fire and Kathy got a blanket around him. Buck and Michelle found his glasses. Carroll kept saying he didn't know which way was up. The pontoon was holding him down under the water. We don't know if he got knock out but he sure has a bad bruise on his chin and the whole side of his face was bruised. I took him to the ER because of the pain in his chest. He has a fractured sternum. Buck and Shel came in after they got dry clothes on. Thank God for those two kids! Carroll is pretty miserable but he owes his life to those two. We are so lucky to have such wonderful kids. Carroll said he is taking little Jackson T philosphy about boats. He won't get on a boat that is docked. Jackson says "I'm not interested in boats." This is Carroll's 2nd or 3rd mishap with a boat and this one had nothing to do with Duane, his brother.