After 10 days in Harris HEB Hospital, my wife Lyn is finally home again. She has a painful 8 weeks of recovery ahead of her after open heart surgery. But, Dr. David Carter says she will eventually be as good as new.
I wish I could thank each and every one of you individually for being so gracious and loving to Lyn and my family during this challenging ordeal over her heart attack. I want you to know how grateful I am for such good friends, wonderful neighbors, a great hospital, great doctors and nurses and all of your prayers for our family. God answers those prayers, we are living proof.
This experience has been full of surprises, and the most revealing to me is how the simple things bring joy. Seeing Lyn rise from bed on her own, sit in a chair, shuffling off to the potty by her self all have been cause for celebration over a double by-pass. The biggest joy of all so far this week was putting her in the back seat of the car and driving her home from the hospital. We puttered along slowly, trying to avoid bumps and sudden turns, every little movement seems to make her chest hurt and will until the sternum heals solid. Still, she smiled knowing we would soon pull up in the driveway at home.
She is adjusting well to a new bed and being back in the house. I never realized how warm our master bedroom gets during the day, too many windows are making that a bit uncomfortable for her, but I am working on solving that problem. She spent the afternoon in the cooler den sleeping in her favorite recliner. What a joy to see her peacefully dozing there covered with her grandmother’s quilt. I am soaking in every moment with her I can, I came so close to losing her and I now realize just how important these moments are.
Our girls are so glad to have mommy home again. While she can’t drive them to dance, soccer or harp lessons right now, while she can’t make their favorite lunches or climb to the second floor to put them to bed yet, they are so glad just to have mommy back under our roof. Just being here is enough. The simple joys are enough.
God bless you all for your support. I look forward to seeing you again next week on NBC-5.
