Monday, catch up day!!!!

It's time to update!!! Saturday and Sunday were big days.

Saturday: Norms brother was married in the temple today and it was wonderful. They have been working so hard for this and came all the way down her from Layton, so Norm could go....and he did!!!! He didn't quite make it through it without a wheelchair, but at least he was there. It meant a lot to his brother for him to be there.

His brother has been diagnosed with cancer, so we don't know what the future brings. He has been undergoing treatments since December of 07 and there have been some improvements so we are holding our breath. This marriage has been wonderful for he and his wife, and we would love to see it continue for many years. We all love her to pieces. She is so good for him. It has been a great ending to a long and hard story for both of them. What a blessing it was to take part.

Norm was pretty tired when we got home, but he seems to be recovering pretty fast from something like that, which is a good sign. When he gets tired, he has a little bit more of a hard time breathing, but seems to recover from that as well, pretty fast.

After the temple, we had a BBQ at Norms sisters house and it was great to see all four siblings together. That is one of my favorite things to watch because it hasn't always been that way. There just seemed to be a need for a party, so, we had one!!!! After that, Norm was really tired, but it was a good tired.

Sunday: We went to church!!!! It was just part of it...Sacrament, but it felt so good to be a part of our ward again and see all of our friends. It was great to sing the hymns. Norm had his surgery on Feb. 26 and it has been 13 weeks since we have been able to be there. The had Sacrament in the hospital chapel and we were able to go a couple of times. Also, you would have the opportunity to have it in your hospital room, but there is nothing like your own ward.!!!! The Bishop asked Norm to stand up and let everyone know that he was there and doing well.

The rest of the day, we just kind of "vegged" out. It was nice to have some time to just do nothing. I felt guilty because there is so much to do here in the house, but, I needed the time. So did Norm.

The weather has been rather hot lately and our lawn has suffered, so, our neighbor came over and worked on our sprinklers. He wanted them ready to water today, so he did that on his "day of rest". He is a great neighbor. All of our neighbors have been the best. They have cleaned our yard, planted part of our garden, aireated our lawn, fertilized our lawn, done my dishes, folded my laundry, taken care of my dog for nine weeks, vacuumed my floor, watered my plants, fixed our swamp cooler, fixed our dryer, watered my garden, and on, and on and on. I have said before, that I don't know how to repay them.

Well, we are off to physical therapy, occupational therapy, and then an appointment with the cardiologist to discuss a cardioversion tomorrow. We are both a little uncomfortable with it, but it needs to be done, to get Norm back into a regular heartbeat. We have to go to the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit to do it and we have been there a lot, when Norm was very sick. so it is a little creepy. They are awesome there tho, so, if anything should happen, they are right on top of it. The have saved Norm more than once.

I will update tonight as to what the doctor said today.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson