Abby Update

Well there has been quite a bit going on with Abby that I should have kept you all updates with earlier. But better late than never. Abby's teacher came to Nikki and said they wanted to put together a benefit concert to help them out with all the medical bills. They've been working on it for awhile. The concert is going to be April 21st at Ogden High at 7PM. T minus 5 will perform and there has been a large response. Unfortunately some has been bad...but we don't focus on that. :) Abby has a HUGE support group behind her and we are all so very thankful for that. There have been quite a number of people who have donated to the silent auction both individuals and companies a like. We really hope that we get a large turn out for this. Some local business's have also been spreading the word. KSL even did a story on it. You can see it HERE.
Last week Abby went in for some more tests to see how her pacemaker was doing. She  did really well on all her tests. But after talking about what her heart would do if she started to gain any weight and add more stress the doctors decided to put Abby on the heart transplant list as a 1B.
Yesterday morning while James was getting ready for work, we got a call from Dad A. Abby was heading into the hospital. They had a donor that was going to pass away and she was the one to get the donors heart. We couldn't believe it. It seemed so fast. Then the bitter sweet set in. We're so happy that Abby was going to get a new heart but at the same time we felt bad for the poor family who was going to lose a loved one.
Abby went in at 4:30 AM this morning. She's out of surgery and off the bypass machine. Her doctor said that the heart is a good strong heart and is beating well. He said that Abby is doing well. She's going to have quite a long recovery, at least 1 month in the hospital and then 5-6 months at her home. If everyone could please keep her and her family in your prayers so that she may have a quick recovery. We would sure appreciate it.  I'll do better at keeping you updated on her condition.