Brad,
I am delighted to hear about Andy's progress.  It is truly a miracle and a 
true inspiration for all of us.  I continue to pray for Andy and his 
salvation.  Do keep us updated about his progress.  Praying for all of your 
family.
Virgie and Hoshi ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B Dunse" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 11:56 PM
Subject: Andy update Sunday


> This is an update for Sunday which likely won't get mailed until Monday. I 
> went to see Andy with my youngest nephew Gary, Andy's brother. We walked 
> in and Gary sat down and I stood up. The first thing Andy did was stick 
> his leg out towards the empty chair in front of him and said "Have a 
> seat". That was awesome. We asked Andy some questions and before Andy 
> could answer, the patient on the other side of the room, an elderly man 
> obviously medicated, answered all our questions. I asked "Andy, did they 
> give you lunch yet?" and the old man answered "No, they didn't give me any 
> lunch yet". This happened several times and Gary said Andy looked a bit 
> irritated at the old man and Gary then laughed a little and then Andy did 
> too. He is understanding much more than we first realized. I guess the 
> nurses gave him some picture books to look at and to tell them what was on 
> the pages, stuff like a coffee cup and they'd prompt him with things like 
> you drink it in the morning and stuff like that,  and he told them almost 
> with an attitude of rolling eyeballs as if to say... "You got to be 
> kidding me with these tests" lol. His fiance said she brought his son in 
> today and he held out his arms and he held his son on his lap for a while. 
> He fed himself lunch while we talked with him. He is still quite small in 
> response but I understand they do not have him on any pain meds at this 
> point which is amazing. I'm sure over the counter type but no morphine or 
> the like in IV. He has no infection. I  am so amazed the difference 
> between Thursday when I saw him and now it is  so amazing.  He is still 
> struggling with some coordination and he will have some surgeries to go 
> through but I think he is going to amaze everyone with his recovery. He 
> only said one off thing today something about cleaning the house, other 
> than that he was very much in tune with what we were saying to him. 
> Earlier in the week he was doing the repeating and spitting thing. There 
> was absolutely  none of that.  I wasn't going to mention this because it 
> is sort of off humor but yet it shows the quickness and ability of his 
> thinking at this point. The  elderly roommate had  passed gas, and without 
> skipping a beat Andy looked at Gary and said "Gary you pig" Andy knew it 
> wasn't Gary but just said it as dry humor and laughed. I guess they found 
> his nose too is broken in a couple spots, has a fractured eye socket, his 
> collar bones are fractured. One side in three places, the other in two 
> places, a hole in his elbow of pretty good size and many bruises and road 
> burns and of course the fractured skull bones. His fiances's mom had him 
> laughing a bunch last night I guess cracking jokes to him so he is doing 
> so great I think. I wish I could stay more and just witness the progress 
> on a daily basis. I'm going to see him tomorrow, Monday, before we leave 
> town for home, and then in two weeks we'll be back for Memorial Day and I 
> can't imagine the difference he'll have made by then. Please pray for Andy 
> however to now begin to realize God's mercy and answer to prayer that has 
> spared his life and that he develops the yearning to learn more about God 
> and his salvation. Also too that God pave the way for me to be more 
> involved in my nephews and neice's  lives. I feel I've sort of abandoned 
> them after their dad died. I'd like to begin to have an an going 
> relationship with them and it is hard from a long distance, but I really 
> want to  be a part of their lives more.
>
> Brad
>