WE LOVE YOU DAVID…: Monday, November 5th, 2007

11:00 pm EST

Here's a quick update from my evening with David:

He was a fighting monster tonight! Trying to rip everything off of himself! And almost too strong for all of us to manage. I told him again that these tubes and wires were temporary and that they were there to help him heal for a short while. If he continued to fight, then they would have to restrain him. He seemed again to understand and relax some. Shortly afterwards the meds came and helped to knock him out! I have never believed in drugs as much as this month...keep them coming!
Tomorrow I am going to figure out a way for him to communicate. My brilliant Speech Therapist friend from work, Nancy Hoey, suggested to use the movements that he has to answer yes and no to. Move one way for yes, don't move for no! Ha! Great idea! Can't wait to get there and figure this one out. I always wanted to be a (Nancy Drew) detective! My other hero was Helen Keller! She figured out a way to communicate when she couldn't see, hear, or talk! My oh my, what a coincidence !?????? God has been leading me in this direction since I was in 5th grade! I used to walk around the house and pretend that I was blind. Then, during high school, I started studying and working with Severely Handicapped kids and Elementary kids. My Masters in College was about preparing handicapped adults for independent living. Not that David will be handicapped, but God did prepare me for this time of rehabilitation. (Maybe I should have chosen another field to study!)
Palo Alto is going to happen on Wednesday, the nurse told me as I was leaving the hospital tonight. The Air Force liason had just called to tell him that it was a go. We'll be on our way to some challenging rehab finally. Yeah!
Thanks for your prayers and support again! You are awesome, and so is God. David continues to progress again today. The nurses responded positively to David's fighting tonight. They said that it means he is coming out of it more and more. :-) God is good! Keep on praying world, we need some help and some strong Christians who will continue to believe when life gets tough! God didn't say it would be a piece of cake being a Christian, but He sure helps us to walk through these valleys. Love y'all! Patty

Bible Verses that have Encouraged Us

Lord my God, I called to you for help and you healed me." Psalms 30:2

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours." Mark 11:24

"I will restore you to health and heal your wounds." Jeremiah 30:17

"What, then, shall we say in response to this? He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all- how will he not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?" Romans 8:31

"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." Romans 12:12

"I lift my eyes to the hills- where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip-he who watches over you will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you- the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the Lord will keep you from all harm- he will watch over your life." Psalm 121:1-7

"He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stuumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:2-31

"I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." Ephesians 3:16-19

"And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up." James 5:15

"One evening David got up from his bed and walked." 2 Samuel 11:2

"I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for my Savior; my God will hear me." Micah 7:7

3 comments :

Anonymous said...: I am so glad to hear that he is doing so much better and will be transferred. Having him motion "yes" and "no" is a GREAT idea. I know that being able to "hear" from him will do you guys wonders!!!!!

Megan Colenbrander; November 5, 2007 at 10:20 PM
Jo said...: "My brilliant Speech Therapist friend from work, Nancy Hoey, suggested to use the movements that he has to answer yes and no to. Move one way for yes, don't move for no!"

I have seen this work very well on kids that Lacy lived with at her sub-acute care facility. It was incredible how a child who didn't appear to have any way to communicate was suddenly able to express things. You are still in our daily prayers!; November 6, 2007 at 8:54 AM
Penny Warren said...: Hey Steve and Patty, I am happy to read that there is good progress and I will be praying for your trip to Palo Alto tomorrow. I just can't imagine what is going on in David's brain, sounds like he gets frustrated, poor kid. I'll pray for the peace of God to cover him constantly. Love you guys, Penny; November 6, 2007 at 12:31 PM