Update on Asael: miracles

I'm on a blog break. I waste too much time reading them anyway and with everything that needed/needs done before graduation I took all the blogs off my bookmarks; I only kept mine on. Well, since it's the only one on there I look at it a little more than often and man, I never update that thing! :)
And I'm only updating now (supposed to be either writing a paper or studying for my immigration final. Whitney, Laura & Lietta just came (after we went running) and we had an easter egg hunt in the field in front of my house--it's so perfect--so I have the computer out for Laura.) Back to my sentence, I'm only updating now because everyone time I do look at it I see the thing about Asael. So I'm updating that, only.
Asael went for his first appointment, basically to get the new surgeon oriented, on the Thursday after he got home (April 9, or whatever that day was). The surgeon said it was border-line and was afraid the procedure he needed would have to done in Salt Lake or Denver. Tuesday past was his operation date.
Well, they opened up his knee and fished out the piece that had broken off and has been floating around for 3 1/2 months. And then looked at the part they were supposed to be fixing--and it had already begun to heal itself. They did file down the bone some to make it smooth, but it had started filling in with whatever is supposed to be there. The doctor was surprised and pleased. Asael is thrilled because 1. he could walk as soon as the anesthesia wore off (instead of weeks later) and 2. his rehab time should be 4-8 weeks, so he can get out to his mission much more quickly than anticipated. It was so good to hear him excited about that--telling me when transfers are and how it will fit in with them, etc. :)
How happy we all are and grateful for this miracle.
When I told my roommates about this that evening, one of them said to me, "I think Heavenly Father did that." I was kind-of surprised because of course Heavenly Father did that. But it made me realize that I do not often enough give glory to God for the miracles He works in our lives. To me it is a given and I guess I need to be more explicit about how I feel about such things. I know with absolutely certainty that Jesus Christ suffered and atoned for us. His atonement, especially the Resurrection part of it, provides for our bodies to heal themselves. Every day we experience the miracle of that in our bodies and I am so grateful for it. When the big, miraculous occurrences come along it's even easier to see, but it happens all the time.
One last thing before I finish up here. The bittersweet part of this wonderful miracle. Over the past couple of weeks not everything has been so wonderful. One of my uncles was in a pretty bad car accident and has had some scarey moments. He's going to be a long, long time recovering and it's been rough. A few days before that we also found out that another uncle is dying. He had cancer about 15 years ago and went into remission, but the effects of the chemo are now taking their (long-term) toll and he will most likely be gone sometime in the next few (maybe several) months. It's very sobering, but good to remember how much extra time we got, too. And really quite wonderful to see how the Lord had his hands in things with that. Maybe I'll write about it later... Anyway, this is mortality and it's a wonderful time, but it certainly is temporary. I'm so, so grateful for the knowledge that I have of the plan of salvation--how beautiful to know that this is just a short part of what we do. And how wonderful to know that eternity will be spent with our families . I thank Heavenly Father for the marvelous gift of his Son that makes this all possible!