Dear Brad,

Please let Andy and his sweetie and everyone know that I'm praying 
for him, and I will pass this message on to everyone to ask them to pray also.

I'm praying for you and Brenda as well.

I'm praying for a complete healing.

Please keep us posted.

Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson

At 03:55 PM 4/26/2006, you wrote:
>My nephew has been in a serious car accident. He rolled his Blazer 
>and was thrown from the vehicle. He is in St. Vincent Hospital in 
>Green Bay with life threatening head injuries. I'll spare the detail 
>but they said it is the worst they've seen there. This happened 
>Monday around 3:00 CDT, they Flight For Lifed him to Green Bay 
>Wisconsin and it all happened in great timing and as bad as the 
>accident was, it could have not went better for getting him to the 
>hospital via helicopter. They didn't expect him to live through the 
>night and because of diligent prayer  and a faithful God, he has 
>hung in there, managed to lightly squeeze his fingers to a couple of 
>loved ones, and has managed to have no need for the pressure monitor 
>on his head. They are putting a feeding tube in him today which 
>normally they do not due for 7 to 10 days in some in his case and so 
>he is ahead of schedule there. His temp is normal and scans look as 
>good as can be expected. The doctors prepared the family for the 
>worst having relatives flown in or otherwise traveling back home. 
>They are now enthusiastic about a recovery. I say quote, a recovery, 
>because they do not know the damage done yet. He has major major 
>head trauma with a shattered skull and yet road gravel and etc. in 
>his skull and brain. Sorry about the detail there but that is the 
>seriousness of it all. Please pray. He  is 28 years old, has a 
>little one only a year old who recently undergone brain surgery 
>himself for a skull not expanding for brain growth, but doing very 
>well. His fiance is beside herself of course. His name is Andy. I'm 
>on the road so won't be able to reply until I get back home. We 
>started out last Friday heading for a business meetings, then off to 
>Milwaukee for a funeral for my uncle who just passed away, and then 
>got an email from my nephew as they didn't have my cell phone 
>number. We missed out on the funeral to be with family and Andy 
>during this critical time. We are staying yet one night here and 
>then returning home as many family and friends are here  now and we 
>can preserve our time resources in case we are needed in the weeks 
>to come. If he makes it through he will require 10 to 20 more 
>surgeries to rebuild his skull and who knows the rehabilitation 
>needs. He will be in the hospital for a long time to come provided 
>he indeed manages out of the critical stages here. He is unconscious 
>per medicines to keeps him calm and let the body begin it's healing 
>and stabilization which is doing just that. Thanks for your prayers.
>
>Brad
>