Thanks Vicki and all for your continued prayer. I hope he does recognize 
me too but I have to remind myself he has had severe trauma and it is only 
two weeks to the day the accident happened. I've been praying for him 
nearly every spare minute I found myself in today, and as well tonight 
while doing some office stuff. I began to be very sad envisioning this 
bright and witty young man with his whole life ahead of him, reduced to 
such struggles and I pray very fervently that he is granted a full 
recovery to live a normal life and not that of a childlike mentality or 
capabilities. Perhaps I entered a moment of fear but it hit me like a dark 
cloud. I continue to pray through and for him. Thanks again for all the 
prayers and although I'm not responding to all the other requests I have 
been praying too. Trying to keep up with email and such.

Brad


on 06:52 PM 5/8/2006, Vicki and The Rors said:

Praying still.  Sounds like he is really coming along.  Hope you are able 
to
see him and that he does recognize you.  Keep us posted.

Vicki

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Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 9:53 PM
Subject: Andy update Sunday


 > I called Andy's mom. Here is the latest update. They took him for a 
walk
 > down the long hallway, and he did very good. Leaned a little to one 
side
 > but overall very good. They have him sitting up a lot. His head wrap is
 > off. They have him strapped in the chair when he is up so he doesn't 
hurt
 > himself somehow. He is very loopy yet from the meds and it is uncertain
 > yet if he recognizes people or not. His fiance brought in  his one year
 > old son but he didn't  respond much. Andy does talk although  not 
always
 > making sense. He knows his mom but that might be because she has 
referred
 > herself to him as mom so often. He knows his name and birth date but 
can't
 > remember why he is in the hospital. He gets agitated some and will say
 > stuff like... "Mom I need to sit down"  when he is sitting down but 
then
 > puts his pillow on the bed. They think his reference to sitting down is
 > him meaning he wants to put his feet on the bed while sitting in the
 > chair. They said he has a lot of bruising of the brain in the frontal
 > area, which controls behavior. Bruising is not repairable in the brain 
and
 > we can only hope  it isn't too severe. I guess the nurses well know he
 > remembers how to toss out expletives, but they say this is common in 
head
 > injuries. His mom said he will sit and he is a bit anxious  trying to 
lean
 > forward and reposition himself and etc. The nurses said when he goes 
for a
 > walk he is very content afterwards so the exercise and just getting out 
of
 > bed or the chair probably helps. We just continue to pray his brain 
isn't
 > damaged to a point of not being able to function but in all our 
wishing,
 > we have to remember it hasn't even been two weeks since his accident 
and
 > he is doing great in recovery. They are getting him ready to go to 
another
 > floor, the floor  to begin rehabilitation. Andy has a pretty big hole 
in
 > one elbow they need to do surgery on, as well a couple cracked collar
 > bones they need to fix up. Then they figured about 3 to 4 surgeries on 
his
 > head which they'll do last. I am going to head over there Wednesday 
night
 > and get in late and hopefully Thursday go see him if not on the 
weekend. I
 > plan to go in and not tell him who I am to see if he recognizes me. 
Then
 > I'm going to grab his hand and pray with, or for, him, perhaps silently 
as
 > to not cause him distress if he can't understand what  I'm saying, 
we'll
 > see. I appreciate your continued prayer for him for a full recovery. 
They
 > indicated there will be a time when he will have need  for assisted 
living
 > facility as he'll be too healthy for the hospital but not well enough 
to
 > care for himself without supervision. Oh and they took the feeding tube
 > off and he is eating well with a good appetite, I believe they are 
feeding
 > him and he is not yet feeding himself. So that is the update for now. I
 > was thinking of bringing him a new fishing  rod and reel because Andy
 > loves fishing, but  I'm not sure that would be good yet. If I knew he 
was
 > understanding everything, I thought it would be a neat thing for him to
 > look on leaning in the corner of his room as incentive to bust out one
 > day, but he's got a way to go yet.
 >
 > Brad
 >
 >