Jackson Hole

This is for you Heather...and anyone else who wants to read it!

A couple of weeks ago we went with Tom's family to Jackson. His dad and sister are working at a Chuckwagon Ranch there. We were able to leave Sunday afternoon and stay the night. We had a nice relaxing day on Monday with a picnic by the Snake River. Then Monday night we went on wagons up the mountain and had a dutch oven dinner. After dinner they put on a western show. We were even attacked by "indians" on the way up the mountain. We all had a blast! But getting home after midnight on a night before a workday was a little rough.

That week soon became one of a lot of stress. Let me back up, Emma, Tom's youngest sister, was hospitalized in July with a Spontaneous Pneumo Thorax (collapsed lung) She ended up having to have a huge chest tube put in between two of her ribs. She was there for four days and then released with the doctor saying that it was really weird and spontaneous for this to happen to her.

Now fast forward to September. She and my mother in law were on their way out the door when Emma asked what she should do if it happened again. Evelyn calmly said, "Call me at work and I will come get you" Emma, "Mom it is happening right now!" So long story short she ended up getting transfered to McKay Dee hospital, then on to Primary Childrens. She had surgery and the doctor had to sew up numerous holes and take out a small part of her lung. Now another twist to the story she is a senior in highschool and told the doctors from the beginning that she had to go to the Homecoming Dance, after numerous nurses and doctors, 7 days, 3 hospitals, 1 surgery and a trip home she made it to the dance.