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Brad,
Praise the Lord! This is truly a miracle! I know he has a long way to go
but this is wonderful news. Thank you Lord Jesus. I am praying!
Virgie and Hoshi
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From: "BD" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 11:53 PM
Subject: Andy update Sunday
>I called Andy's mom. Here is the latest update. They took him for a walk
>down the long hallway, and he did very good. Leaned a little to one side
>but overall very good. They have him sitting up a lot. His head wrap is
>off. They have him strapped in the chair when he is up so he doesn't hurt
>himself somehow. He is very loopy yet from the meds and it is uncertain yet
>if he recognizes people or not. His fiance brought in his one year old son
>but he didn't respond much. Andy does talk although not always making
>sense. He knows his mom but that might be because she has referred herself
>to him as mom so often. He knows his name and birth date but can't remember
>why he is in the hospital. He gets agitated some and will say stuff like...
>"Mom I need to sit down" when he is sitting down but then puts his pillow
>on the bed. They think his reference to sitting down is him meaning he
>wants to put his feet on the bed while sitting in the chair. They said he
>has a lot of bruising of the brain in the frontal area, which controls
>behavior. Bruising is not repairable in the brain and we can only hope it
>isn't too severe. I guess the nurses well know he remembers how to toss out
>expletives, but they say this is common in head injuries. His mom said he
>will sit and he is a bit anxious trying to lean forward and reposition
>himself and etc. The nurses said when he goes for a walk he is very content
>afterwards so the exercise and just getting out of bed or the chair
>probably helps. We just continue to pray his brain isn't damaged to a point
>of not being able to function but in all our wishing, we have to remember
>it hasn't even been two weeks since his accident and he is doing great in
>recovery. They are getting him ready to go to another floor, the floor to
>begin rehabilitation. Andy has a pretty big hole in one elbow they need to
>do surgery on, as well a couple cracked collar bones they need to fix up.
>Then they figured about 3 to 4 surgeries on his head which they'll do last.
>I am going to head over there Wednesday night and get in late and hopefully
>Thursday go see him if not on the weekend. I plan to go in and not tell him
>who I am to see if he recognizes me. Then I'm going to grab his hand and
>pray with, or for, him, perhaps silently as to not cause him distress if he
>can't understand what I'm saying, we'll see. I appreciate your continued
>prayer for him for a full recovery. They indicated there will be a time
>when he will have need for assisted living facility as he'll be too
>healthy for the hospital but not well enough to care for himself without
>supervision. Oh and they took the feeding tube off and he is eating well
>with a good appetite, I believe they are feeding him and he is not yet
>feeding himself. So that is the update for now. I was thinking of bringing
>him a new fishing rod and reel because Andy loves fishing, but I'm not
>sure that would be good yet. If I knew he was understanding everything, I
>thought it would be a neat thing for him to look on leaning in the corner
>of his room as incentive to bust out one day, but he's got a way to go yet.
>
> Brad
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