Thanks all. I really appreciate your well wishes...
It is good that she healed so quickly. I keep stressing the point that she needs to take care of her body better if she wants to stay out of a wheel chair when she gets older. Older to her seems a long way away, but we all know how fast it comes right?
And it is good that the girls watched her heal and know that everyone who goes into the hospital doesn't die, but they heal, get better, and come home to lead productive lives. They were very good for me, (they always are), and settled down to a routine--but they are here a lot anyway and this is like a second home to them. They calll our house "Yellow House", it is a living thing to them and they miss her if they haven't been here for a few days.
They have their own room, with their stuff in it and they love helping DH with the chores, especially feeding the cattle.
Everything on a farm with animals is very routine, cattle get fed at certain times (I suppose this also stems from us having dairy for so many years) and the girls know what to expect at any given time. This is their "safe place" in a world of uncertainty. School in itself sometimes is anxiety producing with the attitudes and bullying of parents and peers. Life is slower here and they can relax and be their silly, goofy, "little-girl" selves.
Suddenly, I feel the need to sniff their little heads and snuggle.......