Wow...has it really been that long???

Ok, so I know that it has been awhile since I have posted, but a lot has been going on so....get of my back! The biggest change in our lives has everything to do with Eric. On February 18, he called me at about 4 in the afternoon and said "Can you come get me from work?" When I asked why, he told me they thought he was having a heart attack and he needed to go to the hospital. WOW!!! So I gathered Elli up and called my mom on the way to Autoliv and asked her to come get Elli. She met me down there with my dad and our bishop. They gave him a blessing, and I decided to take him down to McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden. We got to the ER and they ran tests for everything from a stroke to pneumonia to sarcoidosis to lupus, without ever coming to a conclusion. They finally admitted him to the ICU step-down unit around 6 am on Thursday morning. The first couple of days were kinda crazy and scary, they had no idea what was going on with him. So finally, they did a stress test and decided that his heart was only functioning at about 29% of what it should be. This required more tests to see what was causing this. So they did an angiogram to see if there was damaged heart tissue or a blockage, and said they would try to fix it with stints and an angioplasty. They said that if they weren't able to fix it, he would probably have to go in for bypass surgery the next morning. During the test, they determined that he had no blockages or anything, just that his heart is really weak from fighting high blood pressure for so long. They also diagnosed him with Congestive Heart Failure. When they got him back to his room, they started and IV of lasix, and boy oh boy, did he pee! He put out over 6000 cc's in about 2-2 1/2 hours! So after all this, they kept him at the hospital to get all of his meds under control, and finally let him go home the next Tuesday. Since then, we have had major changes at our house. He has quit smoking, as well as starting a new workout program at the gym. He was put on a low sodium/low carb diet, which has been interesting. I have been trying to keep things interesting for him as far as the food goes, cuz I don't want him to get bored and start eating all the "bad" stuff again. So...if anyone has any meal ideas in these areas, feel free to share!!! He has been off work since Feb 18, so I have been trying to double up on everything that I'm doing so that I can make ends meet. Working more hours with homecare, doing more Pampered Chef shows, etc. I have even considered selling my uterus! Haha! (HINT HINT: If anyone wants to do a Pampered Chef show to help out our financial situation, I would love you more than I already do!!!) Even catalog shows or online orders would help....yes, I know I'm begging. Anyways....
Elli is doing really well. She loves loves loves having her daddy home. They get into quite a few arguments, especially in the afternoon when he really shouldn't be here. But at the end of the day, she crawls into his lap and he rocks her to sleep, almost nightly. I really hope she doesn't get to attached to that idea, cuz it probably won't continue when he goes back to work!!! She is doing really well at school, and is improving immensely with her reading. I tried to spell something out the other day, and when she sounded out what I was trying to spell, I thought..."Oh crap. No more easy readers from the library for you!"
So...I know this is long, but necessary, I will try to keep up on it better in the future, but no promises!!!