Count our many blessings!

Ben came out of surgery around midnight last night. It was the longest day in my life. But he is doing really well! The dr said his new heart is pumping "hyperdynamically" so it is practically jumping in his chest. Another surgeon said this heart must have been a "God-send" because when they removed Ben's heart they saw it was in really bad shape. And when they put in the new one, "everything fit together perfectly" like it was always meant to be in him. Having a heart transplant is a really big deal and there will still be struggles down the road, but like Dr. Hawkins said, "he has a normal heart now", there is no disease in it and it is working great. We are exhausted but have to thank all that have been praying for Ben. We know that the Lord has blessed him! The recovery should be much quicker; the docs will try to extubate him this weekend!!!