Welcome Home Alyia

Last Friday on the 4th of April Alyia developed a fever and heavy breathing. We did not sleep at all Friday night because of Alyia's condition. The very next morning things got worse and we took her to insta care where they immediatly sent us to the ER. They took an x ray of her lungs and noticed her left lung was not moving air. She was quickly life flighted to Primary Childrens Hospital. I was on the life flight with her while Troy and Teni took another flight out. On the life flight to SLC doctors had to intubate Alyia because she was having such a hard time breathing. When we arrived at PCH the doctors noticed that the breathing tube placed in her airway was to big for her body and it caused severe swelling in her lungs. When they took the large breathing tube out to try to replace it with a smaller breathing tube, her airway completely shut closed because the swelling was so bad. Her lungs immediatly collapsed and things turned for the worse. We almost lost Alyia that night but because of the wonderful doctors and nurses, they were able to stablize Alyia for the night. Alyia recieved beautiful priesthood blessings from her uncles (Rob and Tom) and her dad. Our whole family prayed and fasted in her behalf and believe it or not Heavenly Father heard our prayers and stepped in. The next day she went in for surgery to remove whatever was blocking her lungs from moving air. The surgery went wonderful and exactly as planned. Her lungs were almost functioning at 100 percent. Her recovery was amazing! She got better and better every hour. It truly was an act of God. They tested her for every disease and allergy possible but could not find why she got so sick. After 1 week in the PICU at Primary Childrens Hospital Alyia made it home. What can we say except for she definitely is a fighter. Alyia has improved so much here at home in just 2 days. She's almost back to her old self. She is very weak but continues to regain her strength. She was at her happiest when she was reunited with her big brother Teni. No one makes her smile and laugh more than him.We are so Thankful to all of you who prayed for her. Heavenly Father heard all of our prayers and kept Alyia with us. We've learned so much from this experience, especially to hold on dear to the ones you love.