For the past six days we were in St. Louis because Grandpa Barnard had open heart surgery. The surgery went smoothly - praise the Lord! He was sedated for a couple days, but was slowly weened off. The day before we left they took the ventilator out of his mouth and he was able to talk almost right away {which was a shock for Grandma and Dad who went to see him earlier on Thursday and didn't expect it}! We were planning to leave on Sunday and return on Wednesday, but we ended up leaving on Saturday, because the surgery had to be done on Sunday instead of Monday, and stayed until Friday. We are so glad we did because we got to talk to him and spend a little time with him :) So if everyone could pray that Grandpa will continue to heal quickly and thank the Lord that everything is going smoothly so far! <3 Thank you.
~The Barnard Band