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When we arrived this morning, the respiratory therapist was there working with David. He checked to see if David could be moved up to a different tracea, but he is not ready.
The occupational and physical therapists arrived in tandem to work with David, and sit him up on the side of his bed. He sat there for 11 minutes, and his blood pressure remained fairly constant. They will try this for two more days to see if he is ready to get into a wheelchair and go outside. Patty and I keep thinking that they already did this at Walter Read, but I guess they have to see for themselves. Hey, it's still progress.
As we returned to his room today, Patty bent over and asked David for a kiss (if you know David you'll know this is a major miracle) and he puckered up and gave her one. Tonight his eyes (both!) were tracking moving objects, and even across to his left side. Sometimes when a TBI patient has trouble moving one side of his body, even his good side will not move past the midline of his body. This was double exciting!
He is still not sleeping at night (about 2 hours) so that is an area to continue to pray for. Thanks for all of your prayers.
Steve
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Posted by The Huddleston family at 5:19 PM
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Hi Steve and Patty...
I'm still praying and checking for updates daily. May God's grace and peace continue to envelop you in every moment. You are a testimony and an inspiration. Keep fighting, David!
Becky Cramer
Thank the LORD for the miracles!!!!! WOOOO HOOOO!!!!!!
the both eyes tracking sounds very exciting to me. I hope I'm not reading too much into that. Thank you Steve and Patty, and of course Christa and Laura, and their families for the updates! The prayers will continue, and looking forward to the visit with David, and Steve and Patty.
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