Doris,

I knew you had been here on the list for many years and I'm glad you are 
still here.  Yes, I've just been praying the Lord would teach little Everett 
how to hear Him.  Gretchen just turned 16 when her first son was born; 
Little Everett that is.  She did pretty good as a teen mom, too.  She is 
very stressed right now, which goes without saying but I'll say it any way, 
but I just talked to Little Everett and he is eating supper, that's what we 
call our evening meal in this part of the country, and his mom is there.  He 
has one eye that is still blurry and seeing double but tomorrow an eye 
doctor will take a look at it.  He then will also be working out in the 
rehab hospital's gymnasium with a physical therapist and they will run him 
through some paces to be able to evaluate is current physical and mental 
state so they can build an exercise and training program to do there and at 
home when they release him.  His balance has returned and other than his one 
eye, he is doing remarkably well.

Phil.





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From: "Doris and Chris" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: Grandson Report #13


> Dear Mr. Phil,
>
> thanks for this update on your grandson. somehow he doesn't seem to need 
> much extensive rehabilitation when he is becoming an expert on the brain 
> and can draw a map of it, too. *g* sometimes it takes a shock like this to 
> shake us up and get us back on track. I do not for one moment believe in 
> God's going around and zapping people, but he surely can use any crap we 
> come up with or that Satan lures us into and turn it into gold! the Lord 
> is so good and so wonderful! Praise him!
>
> I joined this list in the late 1990's shortly after I lost my site and it 
> the first Christian online community of sorts that I have been a part of. 
> A lot of water has passed under the proverbial bridge and many people who 
> used to be a part of this community have come and gone.
>
> Yes, I have been praying for Gretchen for a long while but I did not 
> realize or forgot that she is not older. If the mama is 34 and her boy is 
> 17, then the young mama was only 16 when she had him! What grace things 
> have worked out as well as they did. Thank you for the reminder of Lifting 
> Ms. Gretchen up to the Lord. I still pray for her but it has not been as 
> focused as before.
>
> It is a privilege to be able to pray for one another and I thank the lord 
> of the privilege of entrusting us with his people.
>
> Catch a cyberhug and lots of prayers!
>
> Take care and God bless,
>
> Doris
>
>
>
>
> At 02:24 PM 5/21/2013 -0600, you wrote:
>>He was transported today to the rehab hospital.  The attending nurse said 
>>he is probably the most presently advanced brain injury patient she ever 
>>had so he likely won't have to be there as long as you might expect.  Of 
>>course, he wanted to come home instead so even that's a good sign.  Little 
>>Everett was in a place he should not have been and doing things he should 
>>not have been doing.  His blood alcohol level was 1.11 the night they 
>>brought him to the hospital unconscious.  0.08 is legally drunk right now 
>>in Colorado, which means you are too drunk to drive, and they are trying 
>>to get it down to 0.05.  Please pray he hears the Lord through this 
>>experience.  Yes, he could have easily died in more ways than one but he 
>>didn't.  His mom needs prayer along these same lines, too.  Many of you 
>>have been praying for Gretchen for years, which I greatly appreciate, but 
>>she still needs personal mentioning before the throne.  Those years she 
>>was on the streets doing drugs has taken their toll on her.  Gretchen is 
>>34 years old now.
>>
>>Phil.
>