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--Donna Miller and Leader dog Carman
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bishop Mark chironna

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:01 AM
Subject: Grandson Report #14


>I went with Gretchen, and Big Everett met us up there tonight.  Little 
>Everett was playing basketball with his nurse, a female, in the gym when we 
>got there.  We had a plan as a family we talked over with the nurse and she 
>was very helpful and agreeable.  Sandy and I told Gretchen she had to stop 
>sleeping all night up there.  He is well enough, and old enough, to sleep 
>on his own but he is scared.  No, he won't admit it but as we talked it 
>through with him tonight, he began to cry.  Crying, I learned a long time 
>ago, is ok and even medical science has figured out crying is good for a 
>person when needed.  I told little Everett about my experience being alone 
>as an 11 year old and they didn't allow family members to stay with kids 
>back then. Little Ev was wearing some glasses tonight, one side covered, to 
>try and force his double vision back to centered vision.  No, it isn't 
>known yet how that will turn out so it is something to continue to pray 
>about.  Of course, violent blows to the head resulting in brain damage can 
>even cause a retina to detach.  Normally double vision isn't conducive to 
>double vision as a side effect but it isn't all that uncommon either.  I 
>saw a frightened little boy there tonight.  The routines they put him 
>through today seemed largely classroom school work to find out where he is 
>as far as cognitive thought and puzzle solving is concerned.  I reminded 
>him, although this probably didn't help, he was never alone even if his 
>family wasn't right there with him.  He has been wearing an I D ankle 
>bracelet because they consider him to be a flight risk.  He's been trying 
>to call his friends to come and pick him up.  He isn't violent but they 
>said he is highly demanding, swearing and cursing at times, to some of his 
>family and hospital staff when he gets tired or afraid; like staying alone 
>this first night.  He keeps saying he just wants to come home and get well 
>there.  He said tonight, "I don't know when I'll get to come home."  I 
>said, "Everett, I was in the hospital for 6 months and I never knew what I 
>was coming home and I was just 11.  He knows he won't have to stay long but 
>we keep telling him, he needs to know he is safe when he does come home and 
>we need to know our responsibilities then, too, to help him remain safe.
>
> Phil.