Since the weekend Aliza has not been feeling well and has been in a lot of pain  We went for a cardiac checkup today and found out that the wires that are holding her sternum together are fractured.   There is a chance that scar tissue and bone will form over them and nothing will need to be done... (You can see the protruding wire in the middle of her sternum, basically it is poking her from the inside out) We are going to give her lots of pain medicine over the next few days and hope this heals. Over the next few days will know if we are headed back into surgery on Monday or Tuesday to remove the wire. On the upside, her heart is perfect!!!  She is still going to school and is really excited about her Choral Concert this evening.  Nothing,  not even a fractured wire poking through her chest is going to hold her back!  Gotta love her persistence! Here are a few pictures from the past week, getting ready for Christmas and our big unexpected snow storm. Aliza watched from inside with the dog, while the other kids enjoyed our sledding hill in our backyard.