Day 3 - We begin

I know this picture isn't great.... having not had any sleep in the last few nights, my sleep deprived self left the memory card at home though brought only the camera in tow, so this was taken this morning with my cell, as Brad rested, and the rest of us were getting ramped up to start rehab.

Having my first three posts starting in one day, I probably haven't explained enough.... Brad is my husband, my confidante, my best friend, the corner stone of our family, everything I could ever need or want or dream of..... my him.

To say that this experience hasn't been easy would be an understatement, being faced with not only his mortality but my own, and praying that we would look back on these pictures, and see the lessons we were meant to learn.

Today Brad woke up, and took his first unassisted breath since his open heart surgery, he fainted the first time he stood, and was nauseated after drinking orange juice, but he tried again, and stood on his own, breathed on his own, smiled, laughed and ate and slept, and I hovered, watching every blip and every number, leaving only to call friends and family to let them know that yes indeed, he was still alive and still here.