And we're back!

Whew! That was a whirlwind of a trip to Salt Lake if we ever had one! In one day there was an echo cardiogram, then a break for a few hours at which point we headed over to Temple Square for a while




then a heart cath lab, (surgery)
a CT scan, and an angiogram! Afterwards was 6 hours of recovery, a quick chat with the doctor, and we were on our way! Our heads are STILL spinning! In a good way-- you can't beat being at your own HOME. I, for sure, was not expecting to really be home today. I mean, we can hope, but it almost never happens that way!
Dr. Cowley said that things are looking pretty good right now for Nick. As I mentioned previously, this trip was mainly for information gathering and to see if we need to pursue another open heart surgery/ tumor resection in the near future. It appears that Nick's amazing little heart is working miracles and somehow compensating for this "larger than a golf ball, 5 cm tumor" inside of it. We (and they) don't know how, but it is. And as far as I'm concerned, "ours is not to question why".
The Dr. is going to review things some more, but for now the plan is to not rock the boat, as long as we're not experiencing troubles with the ICD or other things, and as long as Nick remains stable (of sorts).
YAY!!!YAY!!YAY!! I'm just SO THRILLED that it isn't BAD news. And so THANKFUL to Heavenly Father for his mercy and blessings!!

Nick did awesome for his surgery and his recovery was one of the best I have seen. He slept for quite a while and I think it really helped. He was much more pleasant coming out of it than usual.

Funny:
Someone gave Nick this stuffed dinosaur-- which we later named Dave. And we put a pair of Nicks spiderman underwear on Dave the Dinosaur. Nick then proceeded to sing a little chant from the recently released movie "Alvin and the Chipmunks" where the chipmunks sing "Dave likes to wear-- DIRTY UNDERWEAR!!" He got the giggles over that. It was pretty cute. And funny. Therefore a picture and a story so I will remember it. :D