Oh, Sharon,

I'm so glad to read this.  Praise God for His care of your Dad and I'll pray 
about his discouragement.

--
Carol
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:57 AM
Subject: Another Update


> Hi again, folks!
>
> I went to see Dad today.  I'd been told that he can get up and walk around 
> and talk, though his voice doesn't sound normal.  Although he's still 
> slowly recovering, things looked worse to me than what I'd pictured.  He's 
> on oxygen, and that's been lowered even as I was there.  He still has to 
> suction out his throat too, though my sister did say he's using it less 
> than he used to.  He been sleeping a lot, at least today, and he isn't up 
> to doing much.  He said a couple of things to me, and he sounded a lot 
> like himself, though somewhat deeper in pitch.  He asked me how my hearing 
> was doing.  the funny/exciting thing is that I understood him but my mom 
> did not!  He apparently still prefers to write than talk sometimes.
>
> As we gathered around him to pray before most of us left for home, Dad and 
> I held fingers, with a tube between us.  the praying was interrupted by 
> the beep-beep-beep of what I thought was the alarm signaling that he 
> wasn't getting enough oxygen.  At first I thought maybe Mom was telling me 
> it was my turn to pray, but now I realize that maybe she was telling me to 
> let go of Dad's fingers and the tube.  We stepped back, and, after a 
> moment, the beeping stopped.  Judy reassured us that things were okay, so 
> we went back to pray, this time being more careful with Dad's hand. 
> Apparently the device that clasps his finger had gone off kilter.
>
> Anyway, the doctor should be checking him tomorrow, and maybe he can go 
> home, but he does get discouraged.  Please continue to pray that time will 
> fly! :)
>
> Thank you all!
>
> Sharon