we met s and j for lunch in spring when she came for her two week check. it was a mini-fmaily reunion! s looks amazing . . . so does bailey. what a lucky family we are! (and how cool is s? she has been wearing a necklace ken made for her from a shell ALL summer! wow! ken felt so special!)
what a wonderful day! two major surgeries went perfectly smoothly! within four minutes they had taken s's kidney and placed it inside bailey. . . and it started working immediately! wow. there are not words to describe our feelings. we are so humbled by this amazing thing that s has done for our family. it is not just a gift of life for bailey, but a gift for our entire family. we will have our "normal" craziness back . . . and two healthy parents. s is putting us back together again! now the recovery begins . . . lots of doctor visits and medicines, lots of taking it easy and time off work . . . but before we know it things will be back to normal. what a great start to our summer. what an amazing, humbling gift. we love you s. you are our angel on earth.
we had a wonderful afternoon with our new family members. . . we were celebrating the upcoming surgery! we had sandwiches and green cupcakes and wore our green shirts! :) what fun! :) we are so, so, so lucky that s, b, and j are now a part of our lives. they are beautiful people inside and out. the countdown is on . . . may 24 here we come!
