Talked to Jeff

Had the chance to speak with Jeff on the ride home from Snohomish tonight (we lost the bball game by 4 points by the way)....

He sounded (actually admitted) tired. It has been a long day that started at 4am, and is still going. The latest update is that Amy is stable, in and out of sleep, but comfortable and responsive. Jeff mentioned that she even said she had a headache...imagine that, who wouldn't! They are still in a "recovery room" and as of 9pm, were 2nd in line for an ICU room. They are anxious to make this move as the general recovery rooms are not the most private and there is a lot of activity. Even as we talked, it sounded like nurses were coming and going, and there were a lot of distractions.

Jeff was very thankful to have a good friend, Steve Porter, up at the hospital most of the day. In fact, he was there when the doctor delivered the news of the surgery. Steve and Jeff have been good friends for a long time, and I am sure that he greatly appreciated his presence during this time. Steve and his wife have coordinated efforts to be sure that Jeff and Amy's fridge was packed with food all week as they prepared for this day. Amy's Mom Rhonda was also at the hospital, while our Mom (Charl) was back in Longbeach with the kids. Unfortunately, Lauren has also had a tough day battling flu symptoms. We are hopeful that this is just nerves and she will be better tomorrow.

Tomorrow is a new day, and the start of some new challenges. They will be eager to work with the Doctors to determine the next steps to getting Amy back to herself. Again, the plan is that she could go home as early as Sunday, so we pray that she remains strong so that can happen. I think we can all agree that home is a better place to recover! We plan to be in touch with Jeff and/or Mom every day to get the latest updates. As we get them, we will post it! We just discovered a cool way to post updates via email, so it will be near real-time...thanks to Blackberry :-)

Continue to pray for Amy, Jeff and Family that they have faith that God will be with them through this time.