Hannah had her surgery this morning, and all went very well.  The surgeon was able to put the pieces back, except for a tiny bone fragment that he says shouldn’t ever be a problem.  (Hopefully!)  She now has two pins in her elbow, and he was able to put them in from the outside of her elbow, missing the major nerve that is on the inside of the elbow.  He didn’t even have to cut an incision, which was a worry.  We had worried also that she would have a hard time coming out of the anesthesia, like with her last surgery.  But, her O2 stats were very good during the wake up process and she woke up as normal as possible.  Crying.  (Apparently it’s very common for girls and women to cry when they wake up… go figure.  Crying just makes you feel better sometimes!  Like eating chocolate or ice cream!)  Poor girl.  She laid there in Daddy’s arms just crying saying she couldn’t stop!   Her arm hurt quite a bit as she was waking up, but, they were able to give her some good medication and now I believe we have her pain under control.  Thank goodness!  There’s nothing worse than having your little girl (or boy) in pain, and not being able to do anything about it.  It’s heart wrenching!

   I was so glad that Ivon was able to stay to help me with her.  My goodness, I don’t know what I’d do without him!  My mom and sister were able to come watch the other kids and send two of them off to school, too.  What a wonderful blessing it is to have family close!  I don’t know what I would do without my family!  They are such a wonderful support to me, always willing to help me through any of my trials.  The women in the Church are wonderful, too!  Between my family and the Relief Society, I have meals coming in for a few days.  I am so thankful for all these blessings!  I hope that someday I will be able to return the service when they need it as well.  I feel so loved!  It’s amazing!  I know my Heavenly Father loves me, because he’s given me such a wonderful family!