Home sweet home.

 After 3 Months,

13 Weeks,

92 Days,

2,208 Hours,

5 Surgeries,

4 Different units,

and hundreds of Doctors and nurses.

MY DAD IS FINALLY HOME!!!!!

After tons of ups and down, billions of tears, sore body, and million of miles.

HE IS HOME.

And home for GOOD!!!

Saturday was the best day of our life, we walked out of the hospital together, arm in arm, hand in hand, we walked out as a family. Together we got through the hardest thing we have ever had to do. We got thought something i wish no one has to go through! We walked with a miracle, our Superman!

As a family we made it!

3 months ago we were planning a funeral, We were getting asked the hardest question we ever had to answer. We didn't think our dad would make it! But we were wrong. 3 months to the day of us planning this funeral, we were walking out with our dad, taking him home. 3 long months....

I cant believe that 3 long months and we are home! My dad is healthy, and my dad is back to normal!
We don't have to drive up to the hospital anymore, no more finding parking spots, no more hospital smell, and no more beeping noise from all the machines. Now all we are going to hear, is my dad telling us what to do, watching the NASCAR, and hearing his voice! I love it

We had my dad kids and grand kids, and we had my aunts and uncles, waiting at the house for him. Balloons welcoming him home.Us jumping up and down cause he was home finally. Just watching that car pull up to OUR house was the greatest thing in the world. To watch my dads face light up, and to see his smile on his face made my day. He is home and home for good! I cant say it enough but he is HOME!!!!!.

I cant say thank you all for all the support and love! All the prayers and the sweet words, help all us through this! Without you all we wouldn't of made it home!

You truly never know how much you are loved till something like this happens. 

But i now know that we are loved and that people will help every way they could!

MY DAD IS HOME!!!!

He is home!!

The note

When my dad was really sick, Logan was having a really hard time. He felt like he was losing a dad again.

This is something i will never forget, Watching Logan drop to his knees and just CRY. He was so mad, that god could be taken a father away from him again. This memory keeps re-playing over and over in my head. I knew Logan like my dad, but that day i knew he LOVED him. 

So while my dad was sick, Logan wrote this letter to him. He didn't think that he would be able to let my dad read it. But today Logan added a little more on the end, and read it to my dad. My dad cried and said "Well Logan, you'll always be my son-in-law". It was amazing. I have two great men in my life, and I'm so lucky to have them!!!

So here is the note. :)

TERRY HIGGINS

On December second, I had a little sense of déjà vu. I found myself once again in a hospital, not for my dad but a man who was pretty much so.

 Terry, you are like my dad, you’re someone I can look up to, someone I can go to for advice or someone who will just sit around and watch the game with. You may not know, but you have made an impact in my life. You’re always there to help me out, or to teach me new things. I really feel like a son when I’m around you and you just don’t know what that means to me, and I’m always thankful to you for that.

 December third, I got the bad news about you. I dropped to the floor and tears began to pour from my eyes. I couldn’t believe that god would put me through this again. I’ve already lost my dad once and now I’m about to lose another. I prayed to my dad, both my grandma’s, my sister and my late brother to do whatever they can to keep you here for me. I know that I sound selfish but I know what it’s like to lose someone and that day I felt all those emotions again. I prayed for what seemed like hours but was just several minutes to help me, to keep you here, so I didn’t have to go through it again, so everyone that you knew, that you’ve touched, wouldn’t have to go through.

 After those several minutes I felt calm, I felt relieved, I didn’t know if it was a good or bad thing, but I knew I was strong, that I had to be strong!

 I always knew you were a strong man, but I never knew how strong till I got the best news ever! You’re going to be okay! I was so proud and so ecstatic of how fast you were improving. I felt like a son whose dad is there hero, because in that moment, you were my hero! I really learned a lot at those moments. What it takes to be a good man, a father, and a husband. You are the strongest person I’ve ever met and the greatest gift you tough me, was “To fight, to fight for what you want!”

 Terry I love you, you mean the world to me. Not only did you let me date your beautiful daughter, but also be a part of your grandson’s life. You are like my dad, and I love you for that. I look forward to all the things you still have to offer this world and to me. And I can’t wait to have you home, not only because I love you and miss all the stuff we do, but because you left me home with all these damn girls!! LOL I know you’re going to have your rough times ahead but we all go through them, it’s just a part of life. Just always remember I’m always here for you, for whatever you need or if you just want to get out and smack some balls around the course.

 I love you Terry Higgins. Just remember one thing, “To fight for what you want,” because we are all here by your side. I love you!!

The lift

Before in my blog i told you all that my dads work was going to put a lift in the house, so it was easier for my dad to get in and out of the house! Well over the week that's just what they did. They came and cleaned out everything, well moved it to one side. That night we had workers come in and put in the big life in, i was thinking something small. I knew it was going to be bigger, but not as big as it really was. Haha My dad was so happy to see that in. He couldn't believe how much stuff he had up in the shelves. It was a lot of Stuff. It has worked wonders for my dad. He still isn't able to walk up the stairs as well as we do. So the lift is the only thing we use. Its just great!

SO THANK YOU RAILROAD. you guys are amazing.

Here are before and after pictures!