Helena Update

We had a Dallas appointment again today.

In the past 2 months we have been back and forth to the hospital 5 times, been at the ER, stayed in Ronald McDonald house for 3 stays, had 2 surgeries (one to fix a problem we weren’t expecting). We have extended our recovery time by an undetermined amount due to a pause in physical therapy due to these complications.

To say it has been stressful due to this process and the holiday season would be woefully inadequate. It is hard to put the stress of the past few months into words – we have trouble putting this into words even to each other. The best part of the past few weeks was definitely visiting with family. 😉

We always try to have some fun every time we come up to Dallas- and our favorite activity is going to Barnes and Noble. We go to every one we can find in our path – and we have visited several. Every one is set up differently, which makes it more interesting – and the sales at each are a little different. We have gotten family games on clearance for a few dollars (normally over $50). Today we got some fun Schleich dinosaur toys on clearance for $2 each (normally $24 a piece!) I plan to use those with my ALE kids during music. Lots of fun! 🙂

We are tired and we are not done.

Yet for now, things are spinning in a positive direction. Thank you for your prayers, and please keep thinking of us- we are not done with this recovery, and will have another big procedure not too far down the road.