There are blessings here, too...

I was able to see Marty yesterday and he is no longer in the coma. I talked to him, he opened his eyes, nodded or shook his head to some questions, but is still so heavily medicated that I honestly couldn't tell if he knew what I was saying or who I was. Mostly he would look through me or grimace, but he is still on the ventilator, so wouldn't be able to say anything, even if he wanted to.

The nurse said they were hopeful that the surgeries could be done on Monday. Marty continues to improve daily, but is still very broken and very sick.

In the midst of this chaos have been several lights. The first is my brother, Bob. On the day that Marty fell, Bob just happened to be a few blocks away from the hospital for a meeting. He went over to Hahnemann and got information for me and updated me as I was on my way there. It was a great comfort to me not to be completely blind about what was going on during the trip there.

Then there are the wonderful mothers that I talk to nearly every day over at Lots of Kids. It's a great community of moms, all with four or more kids, that supports one another through both small and big. They got together (thank you Kate, and Michelle!) and started collecting money for us. I was so shocked, still am, and so very blessed. They are truly a miraculous bunch.

After that I got a call from KFarmer. I love K, I've said it before, and I'll say it again. She called to check on me and then told me she was picking apples from her farm to mail to me--just because. She has a little story about the post office (don't we all?) and I'm hoping she'll post it someday.

And lastly ... whew ... two of the girls at Family.com, fellow bloggers Michelle and Molly (Princess_Peg and ShopandTell, got the same idea in their heads as the LOK girls and they started up another collection. You have to go check out these two at White Trash Mom. They are so funny, and so sweet, and I cannot believe they even gave me a second thought. They wrote the most lovely article about everything I'm going through.

I'm so grateful that these people are in my life, that all of you have come here and commented and cared. The prayers really ARE WORKING! Thank you, everyone, I've told Marty how much support the kids and I are being given, I hope he at least heard that part.