So many blessings to be thankful for! Home, incredible family, loyal friends, faithful prayer warriors, skilled doctors & sugeons, caring nurses, talented therapists & aides, Saint Toliver... Team 44! After a month in the hospital, Forrest's pain, all that uncertainty, ups and downs, worry, sleepless nights....to be suddenly HOME is in a way unnerving. We've been surviving hour to hour on worry, adrenaline and coffee, now suddenly... All this space, quiet, we can breathe. It's a huge wonderful transition. Even this transition was blessed by great friends! We hadn't really believed we would make it home for Thanksgiving and hadn't a moment to shop or plan.
Our Elgin Angels, Carina and Kaki delivered all the delicious side dishes, and Martinelli's sparkling apple cider (which Forrest drank four glasses of!) for our Thanksgiving feast! Maley baked us a homemade apple pie and Pops roasted a beer can turkey on his grill. We had a feast for sure!
Nothing like a long hospital stay to help you cherish life's simple pleasures! A hot cup of tea, the remote, and an afternoon of football games! Only thing missing was Austin! He'll be home in a couple weeks for Christmas and our little family will be complete again. God bless all our earthly angels who have watched so carefully over Forrest and our family throughout this journey.
Our plan now is to get back to living and healing. As long as things are quiet we will update weekly. Forrest is planning on singing in the APTB Holiday Recital, so if you're local we hope to see you next Friday evening December 4th at Salamander Resort. Happy Happy Thanksgiving!
Team 44
So thankful to have all of you home and healing.
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The best gift you could ask for! Sounds like the perfect Thanksgiving. Welcome home Forrest! XOXO
ReplyDeleteFantastic news! so glad you are back home. I must feel amazing. I know you will continue to heal and get stronger everyday. Have a great recital at the Salamander- wonderful place to sing and celebrate!
ReplyDeleteLove aunt Tricia