Grandma's Two Weeks in Portland

Most of you know that I went to Portland to visit Chris, Jess, Maryn and Lucy for 4 days. Then we found out that Lucy needed open heart surgery. We are so thankful that she had the surgery and is doing wonderful. I ended up staying up North for two weeks. During that time we had both good and bad times. As I write this, I actually can only remember the good times. So, here are a few pictures to give you an idea about how things went.
This is Chris in Children's Hospital with Lucy. She was in ICU at this time, but after a few days they let her come home until her surgery on Jan 29th.

Here I am with Lucy. I got to spend the night with her and Jess. That is an IV in her head.
They let Lucy out of the hospital so she could have a snowball fight before her surgery. Wasn't that nice. This is outside of their apartment. Maryn actually did throw a snowball in Lucy's face.

Jess's mom came up for the surgery. It was perfect having two grandmas around. It was also great getting to know Kathy better. Here they are the day after Lucy's open heart surgery. Maryn had a nice time visiting her sister and wasn't too bothered by the tubes.

A social worker at the hospital gave Maryn a doll, stethoscope, medicine dispenser, handmade doll blanket and all kinds of fun things to help her understand what was going to happen to Lucy. It was really nice to see the care they took with Maryn. Below Maryn is checking "baby Lucy's" heart.Grandma showed Maryn how to do a lot of things while she was there. Here we are taking chicken off of the bone. Maryn really liked this. She is a future chef of America.

We continued to play outside. Maryn is an outside GirlHere Maryn is playing at the rec center.
Maryn did get sick and actually cuddled and fell asleep on my lap. It was sad to see her sick, but the cuddling was great

Maryn is making "something" with ice. She loves the kitchen!

Here is Maryn mixing up pancake batter.
This is Maryn in bed with her dollies. Isn't this cute! She is holding "baby lucy" and that is the quilt that they gave her at the hospital.

Lucy came home from the hospital and wanted to play.

Here is big sister Maryn helping Lucy play. Lucy loves her sister.
Less than a week after surgery, Lucy is playing and happy. I thought it would be interesting to see how great her scar looked just one week later.

I have two wonderful granddaughters. I thank God for them and pray that he continues to bless them.