GARY'S RECOVERY FROM "THE KNIFE"

On October 21st Gary underwent major surgery at Utah Valley Regional Hospital to remove his prostrate and repair the bladder. Dr. Platt was his surgeon and they even had prayer before the surgery. Dr. Platt made the comment that evening that Gary's prayer went "beyond the ceiling" so he was sure he would do fine...and he did! He was in the hospital for six days and then in the Stonehenge Recovery Center for about that same amount of time. We didn't take pictures at the hospital, so the first two pictures are at the Recovery Center and the next two are when he returned home.

We had great family support throughout this challenging time. The girls came to be with us the day of the operation. In fact, we took Loree out to lunch to celebrate her birthday that day after Gary was out of the surgery and we knew he was okay, and while we were waiting for him to come out of the recovery room. Then Jan and Julie stayed with me all night the first night and we took turns being with Gary, and it is a good thing we did because at some point of time during the night he stopped breathing while Julie was with him. There was a Code Blue and his nurses and a couple of doctors converged immediately and got him breathing again. We were amazed at how quickly they were all able to get to him, but he gave us all a good scare. However, after that first night, things went smoothly with his recovery.








Gary spent a good amount of time in bed and wanted me to take a picture of him resting comfortably because he was so grateful to be able to sleep without pain again!

It is at a time like this when we are really grateful for family. They all took such good care of us. Thank you, everyone.

P.S. I wrote this in November, but forgot to post it--so better late than never.