Faith vs Fear

At 9:00 a.m. we received a call that Andrew was headed into surgery. They had a cancellation so his surgery was moved up. We arrived at the hospital when the surgery was underway. He was in there for a long time. When the surgeon finally came out, it was with good news. They were able to apply the device that will move his abdomen back together. It will take from 3-7 days. The device as it was described to me, sounded like a fabric corset. Every two days they will remove the black suction sponge thing off and tighten the corset. Then it took a 1/2 hour to turn him over to operate on his back wound. They were able to suture up some of his wound. Then they placed a piece of special stuff (it is like human skin that has been treated and looks like leather) over the exit wound. The hope is that it will become part of his body. The surgeon and his team are excellent. He told me that he thinks about Andrew every night. Then he always says "He's still here"! We took turns holding his hand as he recovered from surgery. He is kept under anesthesia heavily because he is so strong and fidgety. Today it felt good to move to improvement instead of just damage control. Bishop and Sister Quist came up and brought us some food. We had a nice chat. Later as I reflected on today in comparison to yesterday. I recognized the difference between faith and fear. Our children recognized that we were feeling down yesterday. They expressed their feelings of faith and hope. I feel very blessed to be lifted by my children in a time of need. I feel very blessed knowing that God is aware of each one of us!