Quite the Christmas-but some GOOD NEWS too!

Well on Sunday Dec. 20th, Dave had been having really bad stomach pains especially on his right lower side. We called my brother-in-law, Jonathan, who is a doctor, and asked him if he thought we should go to the ER or wait til the next day. Jonathan said it sounded like appendicitis and to get to the ER. We headed down and after a very long night they booked Dave in a room to go in for surgery in the morning. They were sure what was going on because on the cat scan there was too much inflammation, so the surgeon said she would just have to open him up and see. Once in surgery, the surgeon said she could see his colon with a hole in it, which hopefully his appendix was also attached too, and a LOT of infection! She said she removed about a softball size of infection, part of his colon with the appendix and some of his small intestine. It has been quite the wk of recovery. Both my parents and Dave's parents were able to come down and help out and also be here for Christmas which I am so grateful for! It got pretty rough some of the days, but Dave is doing a lot better!! He had a pick line placed tonight so he can hopefully come home tomorrow afternoon and have someone continue to come to our house with the antibiotics. I am so grateful for all of the love and support and prayers through all of this. We were looking forward to coming home for Christmas because we have some very exciting news, but we are glad we were still able to share it with everyone! I am pregnant! We are so excited! I am ten weeks along, and my due date is July 24th. I have been sick and it has not been fun! It has made this past week a bit more emotional so once again we are very grateful for everyones prayers and especially for both of our parents who not only gave Dave support, but really helped me out, as I was kind of a wreck. We love you all and will keep everyone posted on more baby news!