friday 2pm

davey here-

Meredith is going to be on vacation for a week and so I will now be in control of the blog, so be please be prepared for chaos. So let me bring you all up to date with where we are.

On Wednesday Katie had surgery to replace the skull piece that was take on the 18th during the emergency surgery. She was temporally moved to ICU which meant we had to move out of our regular room on the 3rd floor. They were not sure where we would be when we got out of ICU so we had to clear out the room. As it turns out we were allowed to go back to the 3rd floor which is great as the nurses there all are familiar with us and Katie and know how to best care for her (prayer, malt cups, and Tom Petty in case you forgot).

On Thursday morning we rested in ICU until we got the news that we were going to the 3rd floor again. Shortly after getting there we were off again as I had decided to put the "peg line" in Katie's stomach for her feeding and meds. That procedure went fine and we were back in the room by late afternoon.

Since then Katie has been resting a lot, recovering from all the activity over the last few days. There is still a lot of swelling on her head and face from the surgery, but other than that she is doing well. They will actually start using the feeding line today, but slowly at first.

Physical therapy continues to annoy her back to health by getting her up every day and having her walk, sit, and do other exercises. It's hard to watch sometimes, but in the end Katie surprises us all and does everything that is asked of her.

My plan for the kids is to take them to church on Sunday and them bring them down to the hospital, so that is something you can pray for. Another thing that has been on my mind that I would like prayer is this. This September 6th is our 10 year anniversary and we have a little tradition that I would like to be able to keep. We were pronounced husband and wife at 5:43 that Sunday at Meredith Drive Reformed Church, and ever since we have been back to the church to reaffirm our vows to each other. Now this sounded like a good idea in that first year that I thought of it, but we have discovered that basically you are reminded of how horribly you've lived up the what you said you were going to do. However, grace flows and we end up crying and hugging each other and promising to try and do better in the next year. We have not missed a year yet, and I would like to keep that tradition alive. So, please pray that Katie's rehab will progress so that together we can walk into that church on September 6th and remind each other of the wonderful people that we thought that we could be, and by Gods grace, can still be.

For those of you who are tuning in late, on the right side of this blog you will see a link to Meredith's blog, Confessions of a Slacker Mom, and you can read the whole story including my summary of what happened the 17th and 18th that led to the situation that we are in now. Also, Sawyer is doing great as Karen is a great mother to him right now.