First fruits from the garden!

Anna's first ice cream cone

Anna's first joke

Anna 'got' s joke for the first time! A couple of weeks ago Anna, Grandma Van Hal and I were watching a Diego episode. Diego said that a specific animal was nocturnal and sleeps during the day and is awake at night. Grandma said, "Just like Mike.". Anna laughed and said, "Mike sleeps in the morning!"

p.s. Mike is Bryan's brother and has been living with us while attending Seminary

The cleaning and scrubbing
will wait till tomorrow,
for children grow up,
as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs.
Dust go to sleep.
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.

~Anonymous

I'm alive and getting well

It's been a pretty crazy few weeks, most of which I only remember as if they were a dream. As of last Friday, I'm back home. The last few days at home have had there ups and downs. I want to get back to everything, but my body is far from ready. All-in-all, I'm getting a little better everyday.

Thanks to everyone for their prayers and support. Knowing there were so many to encourage me helped give me the strength to keep trying when all I wanted to do was give up.

Thanks!
Bryan

Bryan is home!

Things are looking up! Bryan was able to start eating a few solid foods today. Barring any complication, Bryan should be going home tomorrow or Saturday. Please pray that Bryan's for Bryan's pain management once he gets home.

Bryan is doing a little better every day. Today he is being upgraded to eating soft foods. His pain level is within reasonable limits. His white blood cell count is not going down as it should so he will have a CT scan this afternoon to see if another abcess has developed in Bryan's abdomen.

Thank you for your prayers!

Bryan's feeling a lot better today. His digestive system is starting to pick up a bit and he's taking lots of walks around the unit. His doctor says he may be able to go home on Thursday or Friday.

Bryan is still very tired, but his pain level and nausea are much better today. He'll be receiving blood this afternoon and intravenous nutrition tonight. Both should help with his energy level. His digestive system is starting a kick in a bit which is a really good sign.