Today turned out to be pretty awesome.  We met Michelle, who is charge of respiratory therapy here.  She is an amazing woman and so full of knowledge.  I believe that she is the reason we ended up at this place.  We needed her to appreciate the medical services available now vs 10 or 20 years ago.  Her medical career began in California where she helped invent many of the devices that Danny is currently using to help with his lung issues.  She explained her story and a 10 year old girl who had been paralyzed after a hit and run in a crosswalk and how it all came to be.  Her ideas and inventions were not based on the desire to get rich but make this girl's life better.  It makes us appreciate the sacrifices that others have made.  As our son told me a few weeks ago, the answer to our prayers may be someone else's crisis or our crisis maybe someone else's answer to their prayers.  Good does come from EVERY situation.  It may not always be good for us, but someone's life is somehow made better at some point.  Life truly does have such a ripple effect.

Thank you to EVERYONE who has EVER touched our lives...good and bad.  Our experiences in the past have helped prepare us for the present.  If Danny hadn't spent the time away that he did, I'm not sure he could handle the situation he is in now.  If we didn't have John, we couldn't be where we are now.  So seriously, everything does happen for a reason.  Heavenly Father has a plan for each of us and knows what we need to learn during our time here, so just be thankful for whatever you do have at this very moment.  We are just here to learn to be grateful, understanding, loving, empathetic...