End of Day 3

Grace is doing well. I wish that she would eat and drink more, but her little body has gone through so much. I don't blame her. She is pretty quiet. She doesn't talk much. One word we have heard a lot is "Guys." Every time she gets frustrated or is in pain she won't yell or complain, she just says, "Guys, Guys, Guys, Guys...." Her dad and I have found ourselves giggling a couple times at it. It's actually Jeff's fault. He laughs and then it makes me laugh and then I get mad at him for making me laugh. ;) After our afternoon visitors left we were able to get some much needed rest. The three of us slept for a couple hours. We woke up just in time to see our favorite visitors. Grandpa and Grandma came to visit. They brought Gracelyn's siblings down to see us as well. They also came bearing gifts. Gracelyn loves Hello Kitty. Quite a while ago Grandma found the perfect Hello Kitty. It was pink and covered in hearts. She has been waiting until the surgery to give it to her. Gracelyn loved it. Grandma's soft heart had to stop at the Build a Bear store on the way down to the hospital, just so the other kids didn't get hurt feelings. Build a bears all around.

Shortly after they arrived, my sister and her family came. They came with awesome gifts as well. She got some decorations to make this boring room look awesome!

We thought that it might be nice to get some fresh air. I hadn't been outside since Monday and we'd heard all day long how nice it was out there. We talked to her about going for a ride to the Hope Garden and she agreed. We had some nice family time out there.


We brought everything we needed to comb her crazy hair and paint her nails. Grace, her sister and her cousin had a little manicure party out on the patio.

She didn't talk much and was very tired, but she said she liked being out there. We could tell that she was exhausted and called it a day. As we were walking back to the room our nurse came looking for us. She said we had someone trying to find Grace. She said that it was a women from Waterford Institute. I knew just who it was. It was our representative from Rusty and Rosy. The state of Utah has an AWESOME reading program for four year olds to participate in. It doesn't cost anything, but we HAVE to use it 5 times a week or they will take it away. Grace has done great with it. She is starting to read and is a pro at math. I needed to make them aware that Grace wouldn't be doing the program for a while because of her surgery. I've talked with our sweet representative a couple of times about it and she was very understanding. Well, on her own time she came to bring Grace a gift from Rusty and Rosy and their whole team. We were SO touched. It was such a nice surprise and so appreciated. There are some awesome people in the world. She is one of them!

Grace has had an IV in her hand that has been hurting pretty bad. Her hand is even swollen from it. She has other lines and so the nurse thought we would be good to remove it. Once again, Grace insisted on doing it and the nurse let her.  Her nurse Anya, helped her remove the sticker over it and Grace pulled it out.

We decided that daddy needed to leave and go home to be with the other kids for the night.  Grace got her Teddy Bears all dressed in their jammies and we be fell asleep quick. This hospital stuff is exhausting.