Day 11

Sunday, Oct 17, Day 11-
Sundays are my favorite day of the week. I spent the night with Jed and he slept so good thru the night, which doesn't happen very often. In the morning we watched Music and the Spoke Word and 2 older couples came by and gave us the sacrament. One of the ladies, Kathy, told Jed she had suffered a stroke 6 months ago and couldn't feel her left side. She was totally fine now and told Jed to be patient and know that it will come. She told him she felt like that happened to her so she can help other people going thu something similar things and give them hope that they can get better too. and to trust in the Lord. She hugged Jed and they both cried. The other sister that was supposed to sing the hymn only sang the first line of the song before she was too choked up to sing the rest. They passed us the sacrament and it was so special to us. Then Jed had PT and walked with one person on each side without a walker. He was doing so awesome! He told the Phy Ther. that he wanted to get out of here and he said, "Well why don't you? You should go for a drive or something." We were so excited to get Jed out and they helped Jed walk out to the car and I took him for a nice Sunday drive. It felt like we just escaped from prison! It felt so good! We went home and got Rudy. Jed hadn't seen our dog since the surgery so he of course was pretty emotional when Rudy jumped in the car and licked and hugged him. Then we went and got Ammon from nursery and had lunch in the car and then drove up Little Cottonwood Canyon, which is only 5 minutes from our house, and looked at all the beautiful fall colors while listening to Sunday music. Jed was pretty much emotional the whole time but he said he loved it. When we got back to the hospital Jed had OC and this time his brother played ACDC "Back in Black" (kind of a drastic change from earlier) for him while he tried to move his arm on the arm board and it was amazing the difference it made! He was moving his arm so good. She had to stimulate his arm with the massager but he moved some of it all on his own. We had some visitors and then the Guy in Charge at the bureau, Mr. Mctye, came and visited Jed. I could tell it meant so much to him. I can't believe the support that we have had from Jed's work. It is hard to express the gratitude we feel for them. Since Jed just started with them in August, he hasn't acquired enough PTO to cover his absence although he is under the medical leave act. We just recently found out that people at the bureau have donated their own PTO to Jed and he will have enough to cover him until Christmas! Jed and I both cried and said a prayer of thanks when we found this out.
We have been through the hardest, most difficult times of our lives and we have gone thru things that we never would have imagined, BUT... we have never been closer to each other and to our Father in heaven and Savior Jesus Christ. We have learned to never take a moment together for granted. To cherish every hug and kiss. I look forward to the day when Jed can pick me up and hold me in his arms again. But I am grateful he is alive. We have learned that if you put your trust in the Lord and keep that faith, that He will never leave you. We have never had so many trials, yet we have also never had so many MIRACLES. We have seen His hand in our lives and will dedicate the rest of our lives to Him and to helping others. We still have a long road ahead but we know we aren't alone, and that we are being refined as we go thru this trial. Never forget that "God is Always Good."