Brad,
Totally awesome news!  Praise the Lord!
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B Dunse" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 12:49 AM
Subject: Andy update for Monday


> 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
>