pretty good day..

Jon lasted about 2 hours in the wheelchair which was great! His pain level started to get back up to an 8 though..but we got him back in bed and comfortable..we checked his blood pressure and it seemed good..so that was a relief..dinner was brought over so we all ate that together..then he was ready to start his bowel program which went really well also..
now he is resting in his bed getting prepared for the nite..i pray that he sleeps well..last nite he just kept waking up so much..so hopefully tonite he'll sleep longer and get the REM sleep his body needs...
I will also call the pain doctor or page him and ask what we can do about his pain since he's now off the effexor..we dont really want to WAIT till his june 7th doctor's appt!

After we had put him back into his bed, jon father and brother (Todd) gave him a priesthood blessing. Then Robert gave him a Fathers Blessing. We feel so blessed to have worthy men, fathers, brothers and friends that hold the priesthood. The priesthood is the authority to act in God’s name. The same priesthood authority that existed in the original Church established by Jesus Christ exists in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today. The Church is directed and led through this authority. All male members of the Church who are prepared receive the priesthood in order to help lead the Church and serve Heavenly Father’s children. One of those ways is by blessing those that are sick. Im forever grateful for these men that are asked to give priesthood blessings..that they continue to keep their lives in order so that they are worthy to hold the priesthood. Im so grateful that they take this seriously.

It seems like the past 10 weeks have gone by slowly and so fast at the same time. Now that i think about it, it seems like when he was in the hospital it went by slow and now that he's home its FLYING by!! by the end of each nite im so very tired..i still feel like ive been to disneyland every nite when i go to bed..my feet are SO tired!! Today the girls ALL of them were just all over me for a long while..i heard jon make the comment to his mom..see thats what happens..they're always wanting to sit right on top of mom like that..sometimes i just need a breather!!

well AGAIN THANK you to ALLLL of those that prayed, prayed of different faiths, because yes in the end, we are all brothers and sisters of a loving Heavenly Father. How grateful we are to be going thru this trial to learn how to become more Christ like and more worthy to be called His Child. How blessed we are to learn of opposition in all things and then to learn to appreciate them. How blessed we are to see family members come to our aide and share their love with us. How blessed we are to have such wonderful friends that come to lighten our load. Its because of all of you that we are able to go thru this trial and we all look forward together to the promises that were made as Jon received his first priesthood blessing before his surgery. He will be healed and made whole. Before jon was given this priesthood blessing he said "i feel i've lived my life worthy to receive this blessing." and he definatly has. We received a phone call from a man in Utah who had read the article in the Church News. He was SO inspired by us he just HAD to call! so he did! He talked to us a bit and said he could feel our spirit as he read thru the article. He then said that "If Heavenly Father could give a miracle to a man so unworthy of it- i cant imagine the kind of miracle he could give to someone so worthy as yourself!" It was very touching.
well anyway- now im just rambling on! its time to check my emails and head to bed with a thankful heart- thank you for providing that for me! im so grateful!!!