My Sister Christy

These past few days have been some of the hardest days of my families lives. I have thought some other "petty" stuff has been the hardest of my life but have come to realize that that is all it really is "petty stuff". Don't take things for granted cause one day a simple fall can change the rest of your life.

Saturday my sister Christy fell down her steep, hardwood, slick stairs and fractured her skull. Her husband, Dustin found her after returning home from the store. She wasn't acting "right" so he called his brother that just graduated as an MD and he told him that whether it was shock or a brain trauma, she needed to be checked out. He did know thought that she would require stitches to the back of her head. He took her to American Fork Hospital where they did a CT scan which showed a bruise on the brain. They told us that they didn't have a neurosurgeon there that would be able to take care of her injuries so they transported her by ambulance with lights and sirens to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center where they did another CT scan that showed that her blood on the brain (bruise) was worse than before so they needed to do surgery on her. 3 hours later they finished the surgery and did another CT scan that showed another spot that had blood on it that needed to be removed so back into surgery she went. 2 hours later that surgery was finished and another CT scan was done again. For the third time there was another spot that showed up and so back into the OR again. 2 more hours and finally no more "worry some" spots. She was taken up to ICU where we were able to, two at a time, see her. Her face was so swollen we could hardly recognize her, plus all the tubes etc. that was attached to her. (breathing tube, 3 drains from the surgery site, feeding tube) Plus others I am not sure what they are for. Her eyes aren't dilated which is a good sign and she is following commands most of the time. She isn't out of the woods yet but there are a lot of people that are praying for her and she is a strong person. We probably won't know what lasting effects this will cause, if any, but we will be there to support her, Dustin, and Ryker where ever they need us. We know that whatever is meant to be will be the right thing even if it is not the answer we are wanting.

I am thankful to know of our Heavenly Father and Jesus has a plan for us and he loves us and Christy. I am also Thankful to know that Families are Forever and that is the Greatest gift ever!

We love you Christy! Keep up your fight.