We are in the hospital again. Twice in a week is not something to brag about. Chloe's was expected but Christopher's definitely was not. It all started on December 23 when Christopher decided to wake up early to exercise. He could not sleep because he was so excited for Christmas. The next morning he woke up with a sore neck. He kept complaining about it but what do you do with a sore neck. I feel really bad because I probably was not as sympathetic as I should have been. After about a week he decided to go to a chiropractor. He worked with him but it did not work. Then on Wednesday night he was playing hide and go seek with the girls and he hide under Tessa's crib. Once he was under it he must have jerked his head. He came and sat down and was having horrible pain. He then lay ed down on the bed but it was not getting better. All of a sudden his left arm went numb. My dad got there about that time and we decided my dad could drive him faster to the ER than wait for the ambulance. Once they got to the ER they immediately got him in a room since he was having stroke like symptoms. After a ct scan they determined he had vertebral artery dissection. In lamen terms for all of us that are not doctors his left artery in the back of neck tore. NOT GOOD!!! There are four major arteries going to your brain and one or his tore. They are thinking he probably tore it on the 23 and then made it worse on Wednesday. After they found out what was going on the transported him to Murray to the Intermountain Medical Center. They have an awesome neuroscience ICU. He was there until yesterday afternoon and now he is in just a normal neuro room. They are treating him with blood thinners and are really watching him. He is at a high risk of having a stroke because his body it trying to fix the tear. He has a MRI and it came back normal . He has no brain damage and everything looked good. Hopefully is everything keeps going well we will be able to take him home on Sunday or Monday. I am a little nervous to take him home but he will still be going to a lot of doctors the next couple of weeks.

Christopher in the ICU
Christopher loved it when he got in a normal room and Chloe and Tessa could come and see him. He has been missing them so much. Chloe was a little nervous when she first saw him but then she warmed up and they watch America's Funniest Home Videos together.

What a week we have had. I do not think I totally understood the seriousness of this problem at first. That probably was a good thing. I was a mess at first but after the MRI I was much better. The doctor told us the this only happens in 2.7 people out of 100,000 and mostly to women. We do not know why it is just one of those things. Christopher is doing very well and will fully recover. It may take a year of taking it easy. That is going to be the hard part. No heavy lifting or anything strenous for a year will be way hard for him. I look at is like we can do anything since he is still alive. Most people that have this happen to them either have serioius brain damage or death. We are just lucky and know that the Lord's had blessed us and is watching over us. I am so grateful that we have such great hospitals so close to us. These doctors have been awesome. Thank you everyone for your prayers and help. Our parents have been a great help by either keeping the girls or coming to the hospital with me. I hope this all makes sense.