Tuesday evening

Best surprise ever!  Guess who walked through the doors of Primary children''s tonight? LUKE!!!!  Awww really made me so happy!! And I know when Hannah wakes up tomorrow she will be so happy too.  My kids are the best medicine-for Hannah and for me.
It has been good day for Hannah Rigby.  We are actually out of the PICU.  YAY!!!!! In so many ways it is a monumental step.  It has only been two weeks since her emergency surgery and I know during this short period of time she has literally been brought back to us.  It's actually kind of hard to leave the PICU just because we have come to depend on all these people so much.  In the process of saving Hannah, they have become very important and dear to us.  I will always feel indescribable gratitude for their diligence,  their compassion and their medical expertise.  They help work miracles every day.
For physical therapy today Hannah was able to get into a wheelchair and go for a ride.  It was short and totally wore her out, but it 's a start.  She has such a long ways to go, but as long as we are progressing every day I feel pretty happy.  She is frustrated about not being able to talk, and I can tell she has really been thinking about her situation today.  It's heart breaking to watch  the reality sink in, but we just tell her it's going to get better but that it 's going to take time and a lot of hard work.  And it is!  I really think this is going to be the hardest thing she will ever do, and it's not going to get better overnight.  It's so not the time table I would choose, but I'm trying to accept that things don't always go according to my time table.  Such a hard lesson for all of us though.  Lately my prayers have changed a little.  I am still fervently praying that she will get better, but I have also been praying for peace so that we can all deal with this.  And I can tell you that we all have all been blessed with a reassuring peace and strength from above.  That is the only way we are getting through this.  Just trying to trust in His plan and His timing.
Please continue to pray for Hannah.  Sometimes that may sound like a pat answer or a hollow request that we ask for, but it's not.  It's something real and tangible that helps our girl through her hard things.  Thank you.