Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to FIGHT



Lance Armstrong

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Good Sunday!

12:00 pm
Today is a good day! Libbi slept all night and has been sleeping all morning. They took her chest tube out this morning and she did well. Not happy well, but no bleeding well :) I had to leave. I think the less i see her upset the better i do. The nurse that took it out and the cardio team said they will do an echo in the morning and probably send us home tomorrow afternoon!!! Are you serious?? I'm not even sure i feel good about taking her home. Just 4 days after open heart surgery? I hope they know what they are doing. I know they do it just scares me a little. She still has oxygen, and may go home with it but other than that she is a free woman!! It's good to see her with no lines and all that stuff. She looks much better without them.
We have loved all our nurses so far, which is rare. You usually will get one or two bad eggs. Last night and today they have both been men. I like the men, they are sweet.
It was good to hang out with Koy and Jerzi, i missed them. We went to church this morning, it was 30 minutes long and it was testimony meeting because it's fast Sunday due to conference next week. I can honestly say it was the most emotional i have been this entire stay. I'm pretty certain all our angel friends went to church with us today. You could hear the sacrament cups drop into the tray, and i could hear way more drops than there were people in the room. It was amazing. I said when we were done that i was moving wards, then i quickly said, nevermind i don't want to move to this ward! It was very neat though. We were going to take Libbi with us but she was sound asleep so she stayed. Koy loved not having to wear his church clothes and when it was over he said "wow, that was shorty" He was thrilled. It may be hard to get him to go to our normal ward next week. They gave each patient a blanket with a tag on it (a permanent tag, that is sewed on) that says "..and he took thier little children, one by one, and blessed them" It is neat. I love that it will have that saying on it forever.
There must be some sort of a harley ride going on cause they just pulled in outside our window and there are TONS! It's neat to watch. Another thing we can see from our window is the Ute stadium. James took Koy to the game last night, he was in heaven! He has switched teams and is now a Ute fan. Kurt is not to happy about that :)
We feel so blessed for having what we have. One guy in church today said "We all have trials, we cannot choose them, but we can choose how we meet them" I loved that, and when we got done, Kurt had remembered it as well. May we all 'meet' our trials with open arms and endure them well.

4 comments:

Mrs. L said...

I like this post!

Unknown said...

Very good day! Love you again!

Netso said...

You, Kurt and Libbi have endured it well...

Anonymous said...

WE loved going to church with you today. It is great that they offer it and to have the support of the other wards, to have elders pass the sacrament. The spirit was so strong, we were all there to thank the Lord for our blessings. He has blessed our family greatly...Libbi is llooking so good. WE LOVE YOU ALL...Kurt and Mindi you are great parents.
I know that Libbi was sent to you because of the love and care you can give her... love grandpa and grandma dixon

This is Paul Cardell's CHD video. (I put it at the bottom of the blog, it fits best there..) It is shocking how many people, young and old are dealing with the same type of things we are. Take 9 minutes and watch, these are some of the cutest babies i've seen!! Libbi is about 6 and a half minutes into the video. (make sure you scroll down and pause my music playlist so you can hear his music, he is a pianist, it is very pretty!)

Paul Cardell CHD Video