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Friday, October 13, 2006

She's One in a Million

My sweet wife. We hate hearing doctors say you don't need to worry about (insert concern here), it's very rare, one in a million chance. We know that Christine is that one. For instance, there's a small chance you can get pregnant on the pill...check. There's a really small chance doctors would misdiagnose something for eight years...check. There's a teeny tiny chance of developing a blood clot from a pic line...check. There's an itty bitty chance of internal bleeding from the blood thinners they give you to treat the blood clot...yes, check.

But after three weeks in the hospital we are back at home, and feel like we have come to the edge of the woods. She still feels really tired and really weak, but better. It will take a few weeks to gain all her strength and energy back, but when she does I'm hopeful that she will feel 100% for the first time in a long, long time.

It's hard to express how much you love someone, and it's especially hard to watch that someone suffer. Christine is my heart, without her I'm a complete wreck. When she's broken, I am too. I want to thank everyone who has prayed for her, and for me, and visited, and brought us food, and cleaned our house. We have both felt surrounded by love and like a part of a true community. Thank you