Here we go....

I am writing this post from our hotel room in Salt Lake City. We got here this afternoon and have spent the evening with my parents eating at The Red Iguana and walking around temple square. We go to the Hospital (University of Utah) at 6 am and Dale's surgery will begin at 7:30 am. They say the surgery will last about 7 hours. On Friday we came down for his pre-op and on our way home that night the rear stabilization rod on our car broke on the south side of Pocatello. It was about 10:00 pm and we had to leave the car there and our brother-in-law and nephew came and got us and drove us home. It was a long night and very frustrating. The car is now fixed and running smoothly. We are both feeling very nervous. Hopefully we will be able to sleep tonight and get the rest we need....it will be a long day. We dropped the kids off at Dale's mom's house today, saying goodbye was very hard for all of us. The kids cried and were sad to see us go, I cannot imagine what they are feeling, being kids they probably don't understand fully what is going on and that probably makes it scarier for them. I did not cry when I said goodbye to them, I thought it would make it harder for them, but I sure cried once I got in the car. We don't leave our kids very often, it is hard to be away from them. I will try to post on here as often as I can, even if it is just a couple of sentences to let everyone know how Dale is doing, I will also be using facebook. This post seems to not be flowing very smoothly but this is how my mind feels lately very jumbled and thoughts racing through like crazy. Thank you to everyone who is helping out at home and here. And thanks for all your thoughts and prayers, we love you all very much!