Temple of Love: Things to be Thankful For

As I mentioned two posts previous, Travis and I made a very short notice drive to Waskada and Winnipeg.

Travis' dad had to have heart surgery at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg and of course Travis and I wouldn't be anywhere else during that time.

We started the 12 hour drive to Waskada on Thanksgiving Sunday with Nixon of course and the weather was great and the day went by fairly quickly. We were so thankful to be able to spend a few days in Waskada with Boo and Maggie and really got to spend some quality time together.

We were also so thankful to be present for the ribbon cutting ceremony of the Chad Temple Play Park in Waskada. Thank you to Debbie Temple for organizing the ceremony for Wednesday so that we could all be there before Bob's surgery.

Again, we want to thank all the volunteers who put the play park together, all the donors and everyone who helped with the hot dog lunch and came out for the ceremony. In only 3 months, they raised $65,000.00... just amazing!

It was such a touching ceremony and meant the world to us. We know the children and their families will be able to enjoy this play park for many years to come and someday we hope to bring our own children there!

So after the ceremony, we started our trek to Winnipeg to spend the night before Bob's surgery.

Thursday was surgery day and surprisingly the day went by really quickly despite him being in surgery for almost 5 hours and it being about a 15 hour day for us all. There was a lot of waiting around, but everything went perfectly and better than expected!

Within 24 hours of his surgery, Bob was sitting up in bed, walking to sit in a chair and walking down the hallways! He has been way ahead of schedule and has had zero complications and remained completely stable since his surgery

We are so thankful for the surgeons and nurses at St. Boniface Hospital who were nothing but great to us and to Bob. They allowed us extra time to spend with him when we weren't supposed to and they were beyond compassionate and caring!

So here's to a quick and wonderful recovery and we expect nothing but great things for Bob!

We are so thankful for the support of our family and friends and everyone who made a difficult week a little bit easier.