The Road to Recovery

I thought that I would update everyone on Kim's condition.

She is doing extremely well. She was up and walking 4 different times. Her nurse told her that most donors only get up 2 maybe 3 times the day after surgery. The last 2 times she got up, she did not feel sick to her stomach. The doctor was in this morning and told her that she was doing great. She was a star patient.

Tim is also doing very well. His creatinine levels were 6.5 before the surgery, the normal level in a healthy person is 0.7 - 1.2. As of this moring, his lefel had dropped to 1.7. Kim's kidney is really helping Tim.

We think that she will be coming home Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning. Thank you to everyone that has helped with the kids, thought about or prayed for Kim and for everything else that has been done for us. A special thanks to Jen for keeping Kim's cndition updated. Kim is very blessed to have a friend like Jen, who is more like a sister than a friend.

The kids and I could not be more proud of Kim. She has done something that most people, me included would probably not do, and she never wavered in her desire to help. She has shown our family a great example and I feel that our lives have already been blessed by the Lord, and our testimonies have grown stronger. She scared me to death, but she reminded me how amazing she is.

I told her yesterday that I think that I have gotten spoiled. The amazing things that she does for us and the incredible person that she is day after day just seems commonplace. It is the norm, and I forget that not everyone is as lucky as I am to have her. A situation likes this reminds of how truly special that she is, and I love her more today than I ever have.

We love you Kim. Get well soon.

love,

Brian