Brad,

That's another great update.  You keep us posted and we can keep praying!


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Carol
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From: "B Dunse" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 3:47 AM
Subject: Re: Brad! how is Andy?


> Rhonda and all.
>
> My apology for not updating the list. I had intended to do so but just 
> caught up with things. They are trying to move Andy from the hospital to a 
> rehabilitation center which specializes in brain trauma. To  sum up the 
> status on that, it is a bit of a paperwork nightmare but I understand it 
> will get done. I'm hopeful he'll still be in Green Bay when we visit this 
> weekend. The place they are moving him to is in the middle of the state 
> more and quite a distance from where we'll be this weekend, but closer to 
> us I think from our home, although still a good long drive. His condition 
> is I think great. His mom and fiance brought him outside the other day and 
> he right away was asking his mom for a cigarette. His mom and his fiance 
> both smoke, but I guess Andy had quit not too long before the accident. He 
> either forgot or just decided to start again. His mom said, or lied, 
> saying she didn't have any on her, and he looked at her and asked if she 
> thought he was retarded or something  and then proceeded to ask his fiance 
> for one of hers. Naming each of their brands respectively. At one point he 
> had his legs caught around his mom's and trying to dig in both purses lol. 
> I guess he was serious about the smokes hahaha. They went back up to his 
> room and  someone had brought him some mini candy bars and he was better 
> then. He is  talking, laughing a bit, making jokes and now they have him 
> with a helmet on and he is able to walk around his room when someone is 
> there. The rehab center he will be moving to is a bit taken back by the 
> hospital nursing staff keeping him strapped in when no one is around 
> because the hospital is suppose to be preparing him for the rehab center 
> where he will be able to walk anywhere he wishes and no physical 
> constraints. He is doing really great and I think will be recovering much 
> sooner than they think. I really hope he is still in Green Bay this 
> weekend as I would love to personally see his progress from the last time 
> I was there.
>
> Brad
>
>
>
> on 05:04 AM 5/24/2006, Rhonda Partain said:
>
> Haven't heard lately...just wondered if anything new  had happened with
> Andy.
> Rhonda
>