Hi Nancy, this kind note is about the nicest thing I've read all day. Thank you for taking time to send me a note. It's great to hear about the workings of the ward. Sounds nice. I would have liked to be there for the Howes baby blessing. They are a really nice family. It is interesting to hear of your experiences with your daughter. It's such a unique experience to live through something like this. It seems people can't Appreciate the magnitude of this type of thing unless they have experienced it. This is the 5th surgery away from home for Kyle and over 30 hospital admits away from home for us. It's far to familiar now. This time we seem to have fine tuned a few things and it's not too bad yet. Alan and I have taken shifts at the hospital so I haven't burned out. But Alan leaves today and I'm going to at the hospital day and night. No idea how much longer we have to stay. Sigh. Anyway. I loved the email. Thank you! Talk soon.
Spring
Hi Spring.
Just read about Kyle's surgery. So glad things seem to be going well. Your posts brought back so many memories for me. Gary and I went through a similar experience with one of our children. We know about living in the hospital, the noise, the worry, the stress, the feeling of helplessness. We also know about the kindness of family and friends and nurses and volunteers. Your lives become totally focused on your child, his pain, and the many details of hospital life. You almost forget there is a world outside of the hospital.
We spent three weeks at Boston Children's Hospital with Elizabeth the first time, and about two weeks a few years later. Her first surgery was ten hours and included (among many other things) the doctor taking a piece of her colon out. I remember listening for those bowel sounds. As I recall it was a full 7 days before she could even have a sip of water. We learned she was allergic to latex and that morphine gave her scary hallucinations. We also learned that she was an amazing, sunny, resilient child. And as we sacrificed for her and watched her suffering and felt such love for her, we caught a tiny glimpse of how much our Heavenly Father loves each of us.
I hope all continues to go well with Kyle's recovery.
We did miss you at choir practice. It was pretty sparse. I think maybe Gary and Brother Wardle need to learn the art of phone invitations.
But ready or not, we will sing next week. We also had stake choir practice tonight. That went pretty well although Lucy would still like more people there next week. I like all three of our conductors.
Good fast and testimony meeting today. Lots of kids as per usual. Also a mother and son, ( Bainbridge?) who have been inactive for many years came and both bore their testimonies. So did Shanna Ahlquist, Brother Cromwell, and Matt Howe. The Howes blessed their baby boy. It looked like there were four generations in the circle. Very sweet. The Hilton's had a baptism over the weekend. President Alder was there although there was no official stake business. Lots of people gone because of the school vacation days. Cynthia taught the Relief Society lesson and did a great job as usual. Your mother-in-law was introduced.
I think that is all the news of the day.
Feel free to give my name and number to your in-laws and parents. I am close and could always run kids somewhere if needed.
Thoughts and prayers with you,
Love,
Nancy Christensen
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