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>From: B Dunse <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Electronic Church <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Andy update for Monday
>Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 23:49:09 -0500
>
>My daughter and I visited Andy before we left town  on our five hour trip 
>back home. We got on the sixth floor, stepped off the elevator and he was 
>10 feet to our right taking his afternoon walk with the rehab nurses so we 
>walked with him a bit. We went back to his room and they did a little hand 
>eye coordination testing by bouncing a ball in front of him, it then 
>bounced up to his chest area and he caught it every time. Then he'd bounce 
>it back. Then they just tossed it at him straight to the chest and he still 
>caught it. This was a light plastic beach ball type thing. Then they put 
>him back to bed. He was trying to get a little mind of his own on sitting 
>down and then trying to get in bed so they put him in bed and strapped his 
>hands down as they do if no one will be there to watch him. They asked if 
>we'd be comfortable watching him, but we weren't staying real long. Anyway 
>they got him settled and I talked with him a bit as he sat up in bed. He 
>asked if the guy next door was still babbling. I leaned over and said yeah 
>he's answering all our questions and then I sort of snickered a bit and he 
>did too. I said though that I felt bad because I've never seen anyone come 
>and visit him, the old guy that is. Andy was a bit restless sitting up and 
>laying down and so forth with his hands yet tied to the sides. That has got 
>to be rough. Then the phone rings. I thought it was from the other guys bed 
>but they share the ringer and it was Andy's phone. My daughter answered it 
>and held it to Andy's ear and such so he could talk, but he wanted to  get 
>his arm free to talk but I wasn't sure how or if we should and so he didn't 
>want to try to talk with someone else holding it up. So my daughter talked 
>with his fiance who was on the phone and gave him a message and then I 
>talked with him a little bit and then he managed to get one arm free and 
>then was working on the other one and I told him to hold up and they were 
>on for his safety. He left the one tied up but then laid on his side and 
>got comfortable. I think that's all he wanted anyway. So I sat in the chair 
>right next to his bed and talked to him a bit more and he was beginning to 
>nod off a bit. I asked him if he wanted to take a nap, and he said no, but 
>his eyes were closing and obviously tired. I told him we'd let him get some 
>rest and we'd go for now and come back in a couple weeks. He reached over 
>and grabbed for my hand and grasped it pretty tight and we just held hands 
>there a second. I told him I loved him and I had tons of people praying for 
>him and that I loved him again. He began to tear up and wipe his eyes with 
>his other hand. I told him he was doing awesome, and I hated to leave cause 
>I really liked visiting with him. He is still yet pretty quiet in response 
>but he knows what is going on, what is being said to him, and all and he is 
>just  still quite and was always somewhat  someone who was quiet  and waits 
>for another to initiate conversation. I really hated to leave. I would have 
>loved to just stay and watch TV with him or just talk with him and etc. I 
>brought him two "In Fishermen" magazines to look at when he was up for it.  
>The rehab nurses had asked if there was anything I knew of for 
>rehabilitation activity that would be more interesting for andy. I said 
>"Yeah, get a fishing pole with a rubber fly on it and  he'll cast it in a 
>bucket for ya". They said they may actually have something along those 
>lines for rehab. I can't wait to see the progress when we go back in two 
>weeks. Today marks three weeks of his accident.
>
>Brad
>