Two Weeks To Go...

A wonderful Christmas season has come to an end and school started back up.  Brady will not be attending school in the attempt to keep him healthy for his surgery.  His amazing school teacher will be coming to the house a few times a week to work with him and keep him up to date with his schooling and I will also be working with him.

I feel very blessed at this time for the good health our family has been enjoying as so many people are suffering right now.  It is our hope that good health will continue in our home.  Payton will be heading to high school with a big bottle of hand sanitizer to help keep her protected.

Brady's surgery is less than 2 weeks away Sunday we had a ward and family fast for him.  We as a family are truly grateful for the countless prayers that have already been offered on our behalf and those who fasted for our hero Brady.  We know the spirit of calmness in our home right now is a direct affect of the prayers being offered.  Thank you.

Many ask what they can do to help and right now we aren't sure what to ask for.  My sister Katie will be flying in to help us for 10 days.  My heart is filled with gratitude for this and I know she will be there for Addison and Payton in the ways they need while Scott and I are distracted at the hospital.  Our needs will be hugely dependent on what happens with the surgery and post surgery.  We have been told to plan for a 3-5 day stay at the hospital.  When Brady was born we were told plan for 3 weeks and we were there 9 weeks.  For the second and third surgery we were told a week and he was home the next day.  I think we are just going to have to make decisions as we go along.

Brady is being so brave about this all.  We just went for a walk and discussed the surgery and he said he is nervous, but not that nervous.  He is more concerned about how he will feel post surgery.  Oh, I sure hope we are ready for this!  When his cardiologist started talking about surgery in July I wasn't convinced we were ready yet.  He was still doing quite well, but in the last month or so Brady has started being much more tired and breathing heavily if he exerts himself even a little.  I am grateful for his cardiologist's insight to push us towards this surgery sooner rather than later so that Brady can get back to doing the things he loves.  Brady loves hiking red rock and we already have a trip planned for April.  He created a family goal this year to hike Angel's Landing in Zion's National Park.  If he isn't up for it in April we will just have to return later in the year to compete this goal.  Here are a few pictures of Brady enjoying hiking.

Thanks again for all your support.  My next post will most likely be surgery day (20th).