1) Great Drs., nurses and staff and volunteers at Kaiser and Children's.
2) The inspiration to grab Craig's consecrated oil vial that "just happened" to be sitting on the cedar chest as we ran out the door. I really don't believe anything "just happens"!
3) Good friends who lovingly stood in for a missing dad and left busy work schedules to came to the hospital to give Emily a priesthood blessing.
4) Laparoscopic procedures - Emily has just 3 tiny incisions - it is actually unbelievable. The nurses called Emily their "LAP APPY" (laparoscopic appendectomy).
4) Good friends who helped with carpools, dinner, etc.
5) Cell phones.
6) Cara who held down the fort at home and managed phone calls from family/friends. She also enjoyed missing a day of school - after being up most of the night checking in with me to see how Emily was doing.
7) A sweet husband/father who came home from his trip early and knew that even though I kept saying "we'll be fine, go ahead and finish your trip" we really did need him at home. We kept his return home a secret from Emily - when we got home from the hospital he came around the corner from the kitchen and she just fell into his arms sobbing.
8) Emily's quick recovery - children's power to heal is amazing each day brings major improvements.
