Our first Miracle-

We were told to watch for miracles, and we had our first one. Our son-in-law, Chad Monroe came home from work yesterday with a terrible headache. Laying down for awhile only made it worse and then it was radiating down into his neck. A physician friend who lives in the neighborhood, also a member of the church, took him to the hospital ER while Brooke had to go & pick up all her children at their various sport practices. The Bishop soon arrived and they gave Chad a blessing - promising him he would recover fully.  They did a CT scan and found he had suffered a brain bleed. (Considering we had just lost a good friend to the same thing, we were incredibly worried) But, it turned out not to be inside the actual brain, but in the membranes surrounding the brain. He stayed in the hospital several days, they did a cerebral angiogram, he had to be flat on his back for quite awhile, but they released him to go home.  He was told that the body would absorb the blood into his blood stream, but it would probably be quite painful in many joints and areas of his body. This has proven to be quite true! He is on the mend, slowly, and is still experiencing pain, but it is less and less each day. How thankful we are for good friends in their area, for priesthood blessings, for good physicians and nurses, and for the faith of all of our family who fasted and prayed for him from the beginning.  It is truly a miracle!  We love you Chad ! Keep healing.

In the hospital with the kids: lft to right - Trevor, Kaden Chad, Tanner & Devon. Ashlyn and Austin are in front.   Below is Chad at home.