Finally Home

     Today Stan was finally released from the hospital and was able to come home.  For those of you who don't know; we sold our home in April and have been living in Stan's parents home. Due to stairs without railing and a few other things their home is no longer an option.  Stan needs to have as few stairs (with railing) as possible and a host of other things to help him get around safely.  As we have gone through therapy it became very obvious that after such a long time in a bed, he would need a lot of help getting around and would be very weak.  We are grateful for gracious family that have opened up their home to us while our home continues to be built.  Although we are not in our own home right now we are still in Lehi and that is home enough for us. 
      It has been amazing to watch him recover with all of his new injuries.  He has had 32 stiches in his leg where he had the fasciotomy along with the 15 other staples at the artery of that leg.  This was done to save his leg when he had compartment syndrome.  Due to this he has had some damage to the muscle and nerve causing his foot to not have full function and also a lot of nerve pain.    Learning to walk again has had its issues as he has had to accommodate a foot that doesn't want to work like normal.  We are hoping that with therapy over time his foot will recover fully.  After ending up with open heart surgery you would think that his chest would hurt the most but it is that foot that causes him the most grief.  We are grateful that his foot is the one thing that has bothered him the most.  It could have and logically should have been worse.  I'm so grateful that when it came down to it logic was not the final say in Stan's heart attach and complications. If the doctors would have been correct in their logic he would not be here today.   Although I am now and will always be grateful for those miracle workers we call doctors;  I am even more grateful that our Heavenly Father saw fit to save him and let him stay here with his family. 
      We are so grateful to be moving on to healing and to have our family back together again.  The last couple of months have been hard on all of us.