You might wonder who these people are...They are the Jensen's. They are friends of Brian and I. Their little girl, Shelby, who is 7, had an aneurysm. On Tuesday she had brain surgery at the U. She had the same neurosurgeon as Mom!!! They thought she had a stroke because of her symptoms and they couldn't see it on the ct scans. It turned out to be an aneursym in the middle part of her brain and it was 4 times larger than they thought. She was at the U because Primary Children's had never seen anything like her case before....She is doing great now! Shelby, like mom, has a long road of therapy ahead of her. Please keep her in your prayers too! If any of us know how prayers can help it is us!!!

It is interesting how these things come about and how we are hearing more things about strokes than we have heard before....Like the commercials showing on TV.

I thought I would just put some of Jodi's birthday pics on for all of ya!!!! Jodi and Jade...aren't they cute! We are singing "Happy Birthday" to Jodi and her friend Emily has the Gong....we had such a good time! Brian and I took her and 8 of her friends to a restaurant called Bonsai. It is like a Benihana's but cheaper...Mom had talked about taking her and her friends to dinner so Brian and I decided to do it...We had a blast! It happened to be on the night of the sugar bowl so the place was empty...which was good cuz 8 teenagers can get kinda loud!

Bishop Simmons and his wife, Sue, came to visit mom today. Sue and mom are nursery leaders in the ward!

Jax giving Grandma Janie kisses....notice Jade making the kissy face too!!

Baby J giving kisses too...he LOVES to give grandma wet kisses!

The grandkids with Grandma Janie...

Jodi and Jade with Mom....

We had a good visit with mom today. We went up after church and Jodi, Jade, Jacob and John were there too. We took mom to the commons area where we can visit better.

So Jodi had mom almost laughing today....Jodi said that mom's hands looked dark, like she had a tan...and I said "Jodi, didn't you know that tanning is part of Mom's therapy!!" Jodi looked at mom and said "Really?" It was kinda a blonde moment!! Mom just looked at her and raised her eyebrow and winked at her!!!! It was soooo funny!!! We asked her if she missed all the noise...she held up her finger and thumb and gestured "a little bit". Jodi asked her what she wanted to eat first when she is able to have "real" food....I thought she would have said shrimp or steak but she wants a hamburger....Jodi asked her what her number one wish would be and she said to walk....so we are all praying for her to get her wish!!!

Well no pictures again...I keep forgetting to take my camera....maybe tomorrow after church!
We had a nice visit today with Mom. We got mom out of bed into her wheel chair, she did alot of the work herself, then we went to the commons area and she got to watch the kids play!!! I think that she would watch them all day long, I know she misses them! She was in good spirits, a little tired but that is too be expected when we go at dinnertime! When we were leaving Brian made her smile so big it was almost like the old mom!!! He had a cup full of water and bent over to kiss her goodbye and spilled a little water on her arm....she looked at him and he said "sorry it's my first day using a cup!!!" She smiled soooo big! It was nice to see!! Yesterday when Grandma and I went up there we were asking her about therapy and Grandma asked her about the machine that helps her stand...She said "What is that machine that helps you stand up called?" Mom looked up at her and without missing a beat said in her little whisper "The standing Machine!" I just busted up laughing and said "Duh! Grandma!" It was hilarious!!

These pictures were taken on Sunday...sorry again for the lack of updating...I like to update when I have pictures and you know, when I have time...so right now, in between the kids brushing their teeth and saying our prayers before bed, I have a little minute to update!!!

Well, the week has flown by! Mom had a lot of therapy this week which has worn her out. The Doctors were concerned about some "swelling' by her right eye and that her left eye was "bloodshot"...I guess John and Mom got quite the run around today while going to the eye appointment...I didn't talk to John, but grandpa said it was just a waste of time! It turned out to be nothing...I guess it is better to be safe than sorry!!!

If anyone is interested I know mom would be so happy to have visitors!!! She is at the University Rehab Unit....

Thanks to all those who have helped us during this time....even the littlest gestures help us get through this difficult time....

Here are some more pictures of mom at therapy...sorry it has taken so long to update the blog!!! She seems to be getting stronger every day! They thought they might have to put the feeding tube back in because she wasn't getting enough calories...but John and the nurse pointed out that she can get equal calories from drinking one carnation instant breakfast compared to two cans of the stuff they put in her feeding tube! So the dr's said no tube for now....John said that he thought mom was going to cry when they said they had to put it back in...I probably would have cried too!!! To help her hand stay straight and not "curl" up she has to wear a splint at night...the kids had fun trying it on!

We want to thank everyone again for their prayers and well wishes we love you all so much and we wouldn't have been able to stay sane and make it this far without all of you!!!!

Emagene and Johnnie came to see mom today. They work with mom at Western Foods...mom went to see both of them while they were in the hospital...they are good friends!!!

These are a few pictures of mom doing therapy...she is doing so much better...we are going to see significant improvements now!!!