It was a big week. As I wrote last spring, Ellyn, my coworker/aide/para educator, has been waiting for her husband Tim to get a new heart. Tim had an LVAD installed on April. He needed to regain strength and weight after that surgery so he wasn't really on the transplant list until late August. On Monday afternoon, I was in the middle of reading Berenstain Bears Bear Detectives to our class when Ellyn's phone rang. And with that one phone call, everything changed. At 2:15, Tim got the call that there was a potential heart, immediately called Ellyn and they were pulling up to the hospital by 3:30. The new heart was beating in Tim's chest by 10pm! He is making a great recovery so far. We are praying for Tim and Ellyn and family and also for the donor and that family. What a miracle! Ellyn will be out for about a month, but I guess she has a pretty good excuse:) note: I lifted that picture of Ellyn and Tim from facebook.
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| Ellyna and me |
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| Right before the transplant! |
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