Hi!

So, I know that it has been so long since the last time I have posted anything on this blog. I dont know if anyone still checks up on our blog or not, but I thought that I would send out an update! Dan is doing great! He just had his 6 month check up from the transplant and everything is looking great! He doesnt have to get another check up for 2 months! We feel so blessed and grateful! Thank you Kaelea! I am teaching my first graders and absolutley love it! They are so full of energy and I love teaching them!
Dan is still looking for a job, he has been applying to tons of different jobs with no luck! If anyone knows od a Social Work job, let us know! The weather in Coalville has been pretty rainy, but the fall colors are so beautiful. We have been enjoying life and Daniel's health! Thank you for your prayers.

LIfe is Good!

Hi everyone!!! I am sorry that I havent written in here for so long, I have been very busy taking care of Dan and trying to get school stuff done, working and applying for teaching jobs, wow! Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know that Dan and Kaelea are both doing so good. All of Dan's post transplant blood tests have been great, he has been feeling so good and eating a TON (I think that it is the steriods)! Kaelea is also doing good, she is starting to get some energy and appetite back! Funny thing, Kaelea has lost ten pounds since the transplant and Dan has gained ten pounds since the transplant! So, after all that good stuff happening, there is even more good news.... first I turned in my last ever college paper, what a huge relief, I felt so good after I turned it in, like a huge weight had beeen liftetd off my shoulders. Next good news is that I got a job at an elementary school!!!!! But, guess what? That is not all the good news, Kaelea got offered a job at the same school and in the same grade as me!!! I am so excited to teach first graders with Kaelea, it will be such a good experience! I know that Heavenly Father knows are needs, He loves us and wants us to be happy! I am so thankful for all that he has blessed me with: A wonderful husband who is healthy and happy and who brings so much joy in my life, all of my friends, especially, a wonderful best friend who gave her kidney to my husband, my parents and family, all of the wonderful people who have been praying for us, making us meals, and for all the phone calls from people to make sure we are doing ok. I know that the church is true and it brings so much joy and truth into my life! I am so thankful for this beautiful spring weather which seems to be matching my happy mood! Wow,I am a really blessed person! Thank you for everything you have done to help us!

Everyone is doing great!

Well, it has been a whole day since the transplant and both Kaelea and Daniel are doing great! They are both healing exactly how they are supposed to.
We have truely witnessed a miracle! We are so happy!

Wow What A Day!

Wow this has been one of the longest, best and stressful days of my life! Both Daniel and Kaelea are doing great! Dans creatine (bad poison in the blood) levels have continued to dropp throughout the day, and his urine output and blood flow are right where they are supposed to be. He is so happy and excited about the transplant. Kaelea is doing well. She is experiencing some pain and nausea, but is doing great other than that! Dan and I just want to give a HUGE thanks to Kaelea, works cannot express the gratitude and love that we feel towards her she is such a strong, spiritual and wonderful person, thanks Kaelea for giving the ultimate gift of life! Thanks to the rest of you for all your prayers and thoughts and writing so many wonderful encoureging comments on our blog! We love you all!

2:00

Hey everyone. Dan and Kaelea are in their rooms and starting to wake up! Kaelea is feeling pretty good other than the pain, she says she feels like she just did 5,000 sit ups, Kaelea is tired but doing well! Yay! Dan is doing really good. For the first time since June he is urinating...a ton (which is exactly what he is supposed to be doing!!!) Also, the just did an ultra sound and the blood is flowing great through the kidney! The doctors say that they are both doing great!! Thank you so much for all your prayers and thoughts today! We love you all!Oh, and Adrey, I did NOT get my girl scout cookies today, maybe I will find some...

Hey they are both done! And they are doing really good!we will keep you posted. Thanks for everything we love you all

11:00

We just talked to the surgeon, Kaelea's Surgery is done and she is just waking up, everything went pretty much uneventful which is really great! Daniel should be done in about one hour! Wow! I am just so happy and grateful that everything has been going to smoothly.