Off to Spokane...

First of all I want to thank all of you (and there are a lot of you!) who have helped me through this difficult time. As many of you know my Uncle Terry passed away Friday. He was very dear to me and acted as a male figure in my life in the absence of a father figure. I am blessed in many ways, one is the love of dear friends and a ward that is the greatest. We had to push up our move on less than 6 hours notice. Everyone pitched in from watching Bennett to helping move, bringing food, and just calls of loving support. Thank you all for your love and prayers, they were noticed and helped to ease a difficult time for my family. I love you all.

So we are off to Spokane, well Bennett and I are off to Spokane to be with my family on Monday. The funeral will be next weekend and we will stay for about 2 weeks just to be with loved ones.

We are lucky enough to stop in SLC for a few days on our way home too.

Again, thank you all so much for EVERYTHING you have done for our family.

Kellie

Website for Uncle Terry

Hi Friends and Family,

My family has created a web site that they will keep up with the condition of my Uncle. the website is:

caringbridge.org

Just copy and past to your browser. It will ask for the name of the website and its:

terryfiorelli - all one word.

It requires you to sign in with some info and then you can have them send you e-mails when a new post is added.

Thanks again for your much needed prayers,
Kellie

Countdown until we move....to the Manor!

Hi, I think most of our friends know we are on our way to student housing. Its the only 3 bedroom that we can afford! And we will be surrounded by friends, not to mention a really great playground! That will all come in handy in about January when I have a newborn and Steve starts his Surgery rotation!

10 days and counting down, we move on August 2nd. Thats a Saturday, anyone who is just dying to help - you can! Isn't that great news!

Uncle Terry

I am going to keep you updated on the status of my Uncle. I am overwhelmed by your thoughtfulness and love. Mostly I want to thank you all very sincerely for your ongoing prayers and fasts. I have never been so thankful for the power of prayer and fasting.

For those who do not know, I have an Uncle who was in a serious accident in a hydroplane race. My family is in Spokane, WA. He was flown to Seattle after the accident for better care. He is in critical condition. Sunday was a tough day as he suffered massive heart attacks from the impact and shock on his heart. We have been blessed this far and he is still alive but still in very serious condition. Right now we are focused on his heart working again. After that he has bruised lungs, a tear in his pulmonary artery, cuts on his liver and spleen, and almost every bone is broken, including his back and fractures on his spine. He was wearing a helmet so his head is good and he was surprisingly alert and coherent before they were able to sedate him.

I welcome any prayers that we can get. Thank you to all of you who keep calling to extend your love. It is appreciated more than you could ever know.

Thank you,
Kellie

Cassie's U-Tube Video

One of my very best friends Jamie Tolhurst has a cute daughter who is 17. Check out her awesome video on u-tube.

PS. She gets her talent from her mother, or so her mother says.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmApvbk1

search: hotncold katy perry cassie

copy and past the link.

Steve Started his Pediatric Rotation

Yesterday was the first day that Steven reported to York Hospital for his first ever actual rotation in Medical School. York is about an hour South of us here in Hershey. He is loving that he actually gets to get out of the classroom and help patients. He spends most of his days like this:

6am- Prerounds, not too sure what these are yet. I think he is assigned to certain patients that he checks on and then reports in to the resident or the attending doc.

8am- Classroom lecture

9am- Rounds, goes back to check on the patients for an hour.

10am- Back to the classroom

12pm- Lunch

1pm-5pm- Either inpatient or outpatient actually working in a clinic or in the hospital with the pediatric patients.

Sometimes he has On-Calls where he has to be there from 5pm-10pm, this is where he follows around the resident and just helps out with whatever is going on in the hospital.

Yesterday he was on-call and he got to see about 7 patients in the Emergency Department or "Room".

Steve is really happy to actually be putting into practice some of the things he has read about the past two years!

We are really excited for him! Even thought Bennett already hasn't seen Steve for about 2 days now. He was really sad when he woke up this morning and Daddy wasn't here. It was a little sad. But I guess welcome to the next 6+ years of our lives, I hear it only gets worse. Either way we love Daddy!

Jenn had her Baby Boy - Henry!!

For those of you who know my friend Jennifer Wierman, she just delivered a beautiful baby boy named Henry, who they will call Hank. Check out her blog to see a picture! Congrats Jenn on your 1st little baby! I can't wait to see him in August!