Mom's Surgery

My mom went in for her heart surgery today. They told us to expect at least a triple bypass, but she ended up with a quintuple bypass. It was a really long day waiting on updates from the nurse, but she pulled through with flying colors!

Surgery started around 7 a.m. this morning and we got to go back and see her in recovery around 3 this afternoon. She was still sleeping and on a breathing tube, which was really strange to see, but we were prepared for it. I came home for a bit and brought Joel back with me and we got to see her awake. She got the breathing tube out already and was pretty groggy, but we could totally see her personality coming through! She was in a lot of pain, so they're working on figuring out meds that will work and we left so she could get some rest. I'll be spending the day at the hospital again tomorrow with her. She'll be there for 5-7 days with 4-6 weeks off of work after that.

We are all sooooo thankful for doctors, nurses, etc. who God has blessed with amazing gifts to perform these types of operations. It's really amazing when you think about the advances in medicine in the past several years. We are also so completely blessed with the best family and friends in the world! We know we had tons of people praying for mom today and we could feel it! We knew that she would pull through it. I also know that we have all of these people praying for her as she recovers, and we know it will help her get through the pain. Thank you to all of you! We couldn't ask for more!

Love you Mom! Can't wait to have you around for another 50 years!