Kevin Update

Clarification on a few items Patti found out while visiting Kevin's work.  Apparently there are two doors to go through into Kevin's work. He collapsed between the TWO.  A man was right behind him and yelled Man Down!  An ex-military guy and retired cop heard and ran to them and started CPR.  Then the medic team from work showed up and called for paramedics.  Honeywell is going to honor these 6 men for saving Kevin's life!

Apparently Kevin was put into an Ambulance to be transported to the Heliport. When we coded in the ambulance, they said forget the helicopter drive 2 more miles to the hospital!  So he didn't get a ride in the air!

This afternoon they are going to bring him to twilight sleep and see how he does. They don't want to keep him in a coma too long.

So...he is doing very well. Thank you every one for keeping he and Patti in your prayers!

Heart Attack & Many Miracles!

I am posting this for all of you who know my sister Patti and her husband Kevin --

Yesterday my brother-in-law in Tucson, Kevin, had a miracle...not one mind you, but many! Kevin does not enjoy getting out of bed. The Lord must have moved him, because he got to work at 7:00 a.m. yesterday! As he walked into the lobby of work he had a massive heart attack and fell lacerating his head as he went down. The medic team on staff at his work was there in seconds (another miracle). They were on him with CPR, etc... so he had no oxygen loss to the brain. As he was being airvaced via helicopter he started to code again and they diverted from UMC (U of A hospital) to the one 2 miles away in Oro Valley.

Patti was in Utah for spring break meeting Lisa's newest baby when Kevin's work called Patti. Ashley and Nathan had gone on up to Pocatello ID to be with Grandparents for a week. Wow! Things kicked into gear. The folks in Idaho were on their way to Lisa's in SLC with kids so they could drive Patti's van back to Tucson. Patti was on a plane by early afternoon. I hear someone at the airport when they heard why Patti had to be on the plane gave up their seat for her. Another blessed miracle with a packed plane!

In the meantime, my Mom was headed to Tucson. Patti's neighbor Julie was a huge blessing from waking Michelle (asleep at home) to helping mom retrieve Kevin's car from work, etc. She is a cardiac nurse and could translate lingo for Mom.

Bishop Smith and Bro. Rorden (Patti & Kevin's home teacher) gave him a blessing at the hospital.

When the doctors realized Kevin's head wound was still oozing blood, they backed him off the blood thinners, which caused a 3rd heart attack. As they had to intebate (sp?) Kevin he fought them and tried pulling out tubes. The doctors then put him into a medical induced coma. At least they know no neurological damage! Another miracle! Julie was able to pick Patti up at the airport and take her straight to the hospital.

This morning he is doing well, breathing well, oxygen levels great. At noon they are weaning the balloon pump from helping his heart. It is inside his chest placed in an aorta, and maybe tomorrow letting him out of the coma.

Ashley & Nathan and grandparents stayed at Steven's home last night in Vegas. They will arrive this afternoon.

What a miracle modern medicine is. It is so obvious that Kevin was in the Lord's hands for everything to work the way it has. I am so thankful for the invention of cell phones, text messaging, emails, etc... that we used to communicate with all the family and friends. Running a phone command center is exhausting...but can you imagine the worry of what was happening without airplanes, phones, etc??? I am truly thankful!

Patti told me this morning that either Saturday or Sunday (depending on how he is doing) he will leave ICU and move into the Cardiac Unit. His color is very good this morning!

A Day in Yuma, Arizona visiting

Yesterday (Mar 16th) my Mom and Dad (Betty & Larry Gibb) and I drove over to Yuma, Arizona to visit my Uncle Ted and Aunt Dot (Dorothy) Johns who are down for a few weeks from Woodinville, Washington. We had a great visit with them. With Arizona and Washington MILES apart...we rarely get to see each other...so this was nice.

L-R Ted & Dot Johns, Betty & Larry Gibb

by Johns' motorhome

Here I am with Dot & Ted.

We all went to lunch together. We even stopped in to see my parent's friends Les & Connie Reynolds and their place in Yuma. Was a nice day...long road trip...but it gave us a chance to visit in the car! Dad even stopped at Dateland, Arizona. I always just drove past it. Dad bought us a "Date Shake". I had never heard of it before, but it was yummy! Mine had strawberries, bananas and dates all blended together. If you ever take the I-8 towards Yuma it is about 50 minutes east of Yuma on the south side of the I-8.

Event filled Weekend

Besides stretching my birthday out...Curtis took me to Carraba's on Friday night for dinner. This is an Italian Restaurant that two of our kids just love and convinced us to go try it. Peter described it as not the run of the mill same old food with no taste, but a flavorful mouthful with EVERY bite! So we ordered several things on the menu and no kidding he was right! We had the chicken Italian pizza for appetizer. Oh my gosh! I could have stopped there! Then we had the Chicken Trio (Chicken Bryan, Chicken RosaMaria, and Chicken Marsala) that we shared. I loved the Marsala one best. Curtis liked the Chicken RosaMaria (I think). Then our waiter "Charles" sang to me in Italian "Birthday Wishes to You". He said he was the ONLY singer that night, so I was lucky that he was MY waiter! He brought out ice cream with carmel and pecans coated in brown suger (I think). Yummy!

Then we went shopping to Costco. We got our Stimulas check (FINALLY) that everyone got last summer. So we stimulated the economy. We put it right back with purchasing a new tv. Our old tv was a 27", the left side was GREEN and the volume only went up to a certain point. So we got a 42" flat screen. [side note- it took us 3 HOURS on saturday to hook it up and get it set up. We had to attach a speaker system, DVD, VCR and it was crazy! But it works now.]

Then we got dressed up and went to our Stake Adult Prom! I wasn't sure if I really wanted to go because it started so late! At 8:00 pm. But...we did. We arrived about 8:15 pm and the entire cultural hall, hallways, everything was decorated right out of Phantom of the Opera! Whoever did that kind of work was incredible and clever! I was so touched by it, it kept weeping! They even had Sister Cozza taking photos of couples with special Phantom draped backdrop and red rose! Amazing! The wait line for photos when we got in line was 1 hour! Bro. Tuggle was the DJ. He was great and all the couples were having a great time.

Saturday morning we got up and made the 8:00 a.m. Mesa Temple session. Saw Shirla Snow there from Tucson! I haven't seen her since we moved 5 years ago! Then Saturday afternoon is when we installed our Simulas TV! Then that evening we watched a movie. WOW! I could see everything. We could set it on wide screen narrow, wide screen wide, full screen and others that I have no clue what they were. But it was amazing.

So now I am getting ready for church. I am subbing in Relief Society this morning. Ahhhh, calm the nerves!