Our last night at TCH! WOOHOO!

Dr. Morales did not perform Victoria's surgery. I found out there was also a boy on the floor who is 13. He was also waiting on a heart and he and Victoria went in at the same time last night for heart transplants. Dr. Morales performed his surgery, not Victoria's, but I heard they are both doing ok in ICU. 

Well, our last night here! We ended the evening with a visit from the Curry's! Randy brought Jake a nice sticker book to challenge him and keep his brain sharpened! Yesterday we had a nice visit from Jim Hughes, my sister and neice, Gaynor, who btw brought a yummy homemade salad for us and a chicken fried steak for Jake. He was loving that! Can't forget about Steve and B-Rod to end the evening!

Then today before The Curry's, sweet Stacey Beasley brought lunch and she and Jake had a NICE conversation about the BCS and the Texas/Ohio State game. We had to check Jake's heart rate afterwards....

AND of course, sweet Jenn has been the best big sis ever....taking orders from him with trips to Sonic for Cherry Sprites and taking care of his dog, and getting us lunch and dinner....coming up here everyday and being such an encouragement. We love you! Thank you for all you've done for us. You're the best!

We have been so loved and taken care of. We cannot say thank you enough for all of you who have prayed for us, loved us, brought food, texted, emailed and for those who made the long trip down here. It is not an easy place to visit and it is not cheap to park, so it meant so much to have you encourage us here. We will never forgot how you made Jake smile by your visits and walks around the hospital! He truly is doing so much better-he looks great and is just generally feeling more energetic everyday.

Please continue to pray for his recovery at home. He's already talking about all the things he's going to do, so 1)pray for Matt and me-that we can keep him balanced in the remainder of the recovery. 2)Pray for no infection in the IV line we are going home with. That is the only complication that could arise with that. 3)Pray that the initial infection continues to get better.4) Pray he is able to come off all blood pressure medicine. They've already reduced it by half. 5) Pray that his heart continues to remodel with the new valve and that his right ventricle will function normally after surgery. His heartbeat sounds amazingly normal. It's never sounded like yours and mine and now it does, so that is very exciting. Before surgery it sounded like a swooshing, now it sounds like a very regular heartbeat!!!!!!!! We are overwhelmed with gratitude to our God for his loving hand of protection and provision every step of the way!!

Psalm 96, "Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name, proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples."