Slideshow Added

I've added a slideshow of the pictures from our Church History Tour a year ago. I believe that if you click on the slideshow itself, it will take you into the album to view the pictures from there. Captions have been added to each picture in the Picasa web album. I figured it was time to share! I hope you enjoy.

Update on Vocal Cord Surgery

I went to the doctor today for a follow-up to my surgery yesterday. He was not happy with the results and asked for a second chance. He was thinking he wanted to go back in and add another prosthesis to the other side but changed his mind. I will have more surgery next Wednesday. He is going to go in and take the prosthesis out that he just put in yesterday. Then he is going to take some fat out of my stomach (there's plenty there for that - I'll let him have as much as he wants) and inject that into my vocal cords to puff them up. The vocal cords should then be better able to close completely and I should be able to talk better. I will be put out completely for this one thank goodness. And he said he would ask for a different anesthesiologist. I was totally awake for this surgery yesterday. The anestheiologist was supposed to keep me asleep until the very end when I needed to respond to the surgeon, but I think he gave me just barely enough to take some of the edge off. I did feel pain when the doctor couldn't deaden a certain area. And at one point I was unable to breathe for awhile. The prosthesis was a little too big so he had to take it back out and carve some more of it away. But it was cutting off my airway. That was pretty scary. That's always been a nightmare of mine that I would wake up during the middle of surgery on the operating table. But being completely awake during the whole thing - I don't think I care to repeat that experience.

Inspiring Videos

I thought we had a very uplifting and wonderful conference weekend. I felt the Spirit very strongly in many of the messages that were shared. I was on YouTube today and saw a couple of songs/videos that touched me and I thought were pretty good. So, I'm going to share the links with you. I hope you enjoy them like I did. The first one is His Hands and lasts about 6 minutes. The second one is Never a Better Hero and also lasts about 6 minutes. The last one is a live performance of Celine Dion and Josh Groban singing The Prayer.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di_QyPqlM64

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxpECovmdyY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK9nt1NF7Nw