Memorial Day

We started the week with Memorial Day. At first, Deb wanted to go to the Clifton Cemetery and be with her siblings at her parents' graveside. However, Deb did not feel good at all, so we stayed home. Connie and Bill along with Lynn and Leisha stopped at the house after they had visited the Clifton Cemetery. It was good to see them, and it lifted Deb's spirits. Connie brought us a lasagne to eat when we needed something to eat.

We have wonderful ward members. Each day, a member has brought us a meal. Not only brought us a meal but a very delicious meal. Becky Sorensen and Shannon Sutorius brought us meals on last Sunday. Then, in order, we have had meals brought to us by Charissa Shurtz, LaRue Higbee, Lisa Austin, Morgan Bell (a member of the Downey 1st Ward but a great friend), LaDene Fly, Shannon Sutorius (again), and Darlene Downs.

I went to work on Friday. It was good to sit at the desk and work. After work, I met the girls. They drove the Excursion that we borrowed from Lynn and Leisha. I had driven the pickup to work. They had their counseling appointment. After going to the appointment we got some Frosties from Wendy's. While waiting for the girls to arrive, I dropped off Angie's bicycle to get the flat tires fixed. On the way home, we dropped the Excursion off at the Browers.

We had our at-home Sacrament Meeting today. It is awesome to be with the family.

Post Surgery

It has been quite the week. As it began, I could not wait for it to be over. Now, we are at the end. Thankfully!

Deb and I left home on Thursday morning at about 3:15. At about 5:25 we arrived at the University of Utah Hospital. I hugged Deb, and she walked in. I hated leaving her. I wanted so badly to be with her.

After I dropped her off, I went into the parking garage. Deb had told me that she was going to call me when the doctor came to visit her before her operation so I did not want to miss that call driving to Shauna's. She called at about 7 am, so I could have made it to Shauna's. I was able to get a short nap in which helped.

The doctor said that he would have a nurse call at the beginning, during, and at the end of the surgery. The doctor also said that the surgery would take about four hours.

As promised, I received a call from the nurse. Deb did well during the surgery, then after the surgery, I got a call from the assistant surgeon. He said that Deb did really well and the surgery went a little better than expected. He said that Deb would call as soon as she woke up from the anesthesia which would be about an hour. Right then, I wanted to be with Deb. I did not want to wait for a call. I wanted to see her in her recovery room, but, alas, I could not. I had to wait.

It was a big relief when the doctor said Deb was doing great, but she never did call. Late in the afternoon, I called to find out why she had not called. The nurse checked up on her and said that she was still sleeping. As I thought about it, Deb has always had a hard time waking up from anesthesia so then I knew it would be some time before she called.

She called me the next morning. She thought it was still Thursday. She did not believe me that it was Friday. Man, did it feel good to hear her voice. We then did a video call and saw each other for the first time in over 24 hours. Deb looked good--well, as good as can be expected after brain surgery.

We came home today. Deb called at about 9 am to say that she was being released. By the time I got packed and to the hospital and Deb was fully discharged, it was 1:30 pm before we left for home. The ride home seemed long. I wanted to get home to get Deb comfortable. As we were driving home, Becky Sorensen called and said she had supper for us so we stopped and picked that up when we got to Downey.

It is good to have this week over. Now on to recovery!

Mother's Day

Today, we celebrated moms. It is the day we set aside to celebrate those women who not only bring us into the world, but those that teach us.

Yesterday, we went to Mom's and celebrated with her. We cooked hamburgers and visited with her. It was a nice visit.

Today, we did our at-home Sacrament Meeting. Afterwards, we had dinner featuring steak, shrimp, and corn-on-the-cob.

During this week, Angie went to get her driver's license. She passed the skills test with flying colors. On the written test, she could only miss 6 and she got 7 incorrect. She now has to wait three days to try again.

We had a little excitement in the valley. A man got off the interstate and Virginia then holed up in a barn. A SWAT team was called in to get the man who did eventually surrender peacefully. The situation brought up a lot of memories of the Fuhriman murders some 25 years ago!

Angie and Lilli had therapy appointments on Friday. We did some shopping afterwards. Appointments and shopping are the only things that get us out of the house.

COVID-19 Continues

It was another boring week at home. I did work at home, Deb and the girls did school at home. It will be wonderful when life gets back to normal!

Deb did her at-home sleep apnea study. We will hear results sometime next week.

On Saturday, we went to Mom's house. We learned while there that Kristi's dear friend, Stacey Blanchard Rodriguez, had passed away after losing her battle with cancer. While also at Mom's we watch A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood starring Tom Hanks. It is the story of Fred Rogers, and it was a great movie. What this world needs are more Fred Rogers!