Thank you for all your kind words, notes and prayers! You are such an amazing group of people! We are humbled by your concern for our little Helena. May God continue to bless all of you, just as God continues to bless us! I called the hospital at 8:42 this evening (8-30-06) and Helena is doing amazingly well. The doctor said today that he did not have to give us the, “Your child is puffy lecture,” because Helena is not that puffy at all. Now she just looks like a really chubby baby. Normally after a child receives open-heart surgery they swell to two or three times their size because of all the fluid build-up. The Dr. does not know why she is not puffy, but as he said, “I don’t care why. She is not and we will run with it!” Oh by the way, her pediatric cardiologist is Lutheran! How cool is that! They also told us that Helena must have read the book on how to recover from this procedure because she is healing so well. At the same time, Helena is still very critical and we have to take it hour by hour. But we all continue to breathe a little easier. Mary is doing well and continues to heal after her C-section. I am learning that these two Suomala Folkerds women are feisty and you can’t keep them down long! I am so lucky to have them! They inspire me with their incredible strength. If things continue to go well with Helena and Mary, I am planning on starting my job as a chaplain at Christ Hospital on friday. I will only be a 5-minute walk from Helena at any given part of the day. It is crazy how that one worked out! Good night and God bless!