Heidi’s surgery went wonderfully. She came out of recover yesturday afternoon and was pretty out of it. Last night was long, neither of us got any sleep, but the nurse on duty was wonderful. She was in our room often to check up on Heidi and make sure she was comfortable.

This morning was a roller coaster. Heidi hadn’t eaten anything for more than 24 hours and needed to use the restroom. The nurse helped her into the bathroom and as Heidi was standing up to come back to bed, she fainted. The nurse shouted, “a little HELP!”. I ran into the bathroom to help the nurse keep Heidi upright.  A few other nurses ran in and helped us lower her gently on the floor. they checked her bp and oxygen. She was super weak. We got her back to the bed, and everything was ok, for a bit.  A short time later, she asked me to help her sit up. As soon as she sat up, she started vomiting. Generally, I have a weak constitution for gore. This was gore. Apparently, swallowing a large quantity of blood during jaw surgery is normal. This was a large quantity. I freaked out and ran out to the nurses station like a maniac. It looked like someone had been slaughtered in her bed. A team of nurses cleaned her up and changed the bed like it nascar pit crew. It was amazing. After that she felt lie a million bucks.

This evening, Heidi’s surgeon, Doctor Masters came by to check up on her. He took off her bandages and checked her sense of touch in her face. He was very pleased that she has full feeling in her lips and mouth. That’s a very good sign! He’s an amazing surgeon and we were blessed to have his skilled hands performing her surgery.

Friends and family have been so supportive through all of this. Doug, Marti and my mom Susan spent yesturday afternoon with me here at the hospital and came in to see Heidi after the surgery. The staff have been so wonderful, all through the night they were here to  check up on Heidi. Today, Marti, Doug, Hillary, Nathan, Lacy, Sydney and Aunt Louise all came to spend time with Heidi. It was much appreciated. Heidi loves the flowers from the Bazzill Babes. She has them sitting on her bed tray. They’re gorgeous.

Again, we appreciate all your thoughts and prayers. We’ve really been blessed. I know I’ve been blessed with a wonderful wife and best friend who’s companionship I’ll never fully live up to. Heidi’s amazing, so brave and so quick to look on the bright side. She can’t help but give everyone the ok sign and thumbs up when the ask her how she’s doing.

I’ll post a few pictures after we take Heidi home tomorrow.

Paul

This is paul, aka paulie poo. Heidi waned me to keep everyone up to date . So, here we go.  We got up and going around 3:00am today. They admitted Heidi around 5:30 and setup her IV. That kind of freaked her out. Once they got her settled in I was able to go back and be with her until they took her into surgery. By then she had calmed down and was ready to get going. She’s so brave. I’m always amazed how she faces this stuff like childs play. She’s amazing. They gave ger an awesome gown, not the kind that shows your bum. It even has a nifty vent near the bottom that hooks up to a heating / cooling device. They gave her a remote and she could control the temperature of her gown. So she wasn’t cold or anything. Anyway, her surgery started around 7:30am and it’ll take about 6 hours including recovery time.

Anyway, she really appriciates all the kind words and prayers from her totally t chicks. Thank you.

I’ll keep you posted,

Paul

hey ladies…before peace wanted to show you gals totally t june. please bring your tim holtz foam handle, and a black ink pad along with your other regular stuff. 1st three are the kitted ones! peace friends! heidi lynn

5 days until break my face day. it is so crazy that in less then a week i will look and feel completely different…i have been to sooo many appointments prepping for this. i have waited 2 years to get to this point and it seems like it has taken forever…but now it seems that it is coming too fast. i know my doc is amazing…it is even in his name (masters) but it is my face. he is making a ton of breaks…he is even taking a chunk out of my chin. who needs to breathe normally…

what i am grateful for is paulie…he has been so amazing…being to appointments…making me feel calmer…having so much faith that i have a loving Heavenly Father looking out for me. this whole situation has just made us closer then we already were. there are great things in every situation.

i just can’t wait to be finished. peace friends heidi lynn

ps. go david cook!

i know it is a couple days past mother’s day…but i didn’t get a chance to write about how much i love my mom. not only am i one of the luckiest girls ever to have my mom just a couple of miles away. she is the most caring, loving, awesome person i know. she is the BEST example of what a christ-like person should be. plus she is probably the cutest grandma there is. LOVE YA TONS MOM!

Hey peeps…here are the totally t may (as in next week…remember you want to sign up) we are doing goosebumps…crystal laquer and the rub-on roller. the first three are the ones included in the class….and don’t worry cat people..there will be a furry friend cat option. peace friends!! heidi lynn

ps…this is like the 3rd post in row…i know i know…i TOTALLY rock! j/k