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----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:01 AM
Subject: Grandson Report #14
>I went with Gretchen, and Big Everett met us up there tonight. Little
>Everett was playing basketball with his nurse, a female, in the gym when we
>got there. We had a plan as a family we talked over with the nurse and she
>was very helpful and agreeable. Sandy and I told Gretchen she had to stop
>sleeping all night up there. He is well enough, and old enough, to sleep
>on his own but he is scared. No, he won't admit it but as we talked it
>through with him tonight, he began to cry. Crying, I learned a long time
>ago, is ok and even medical science has figured out crying is good for a
>person when needed. I told little Everett about my experience being alone
>as an 11 year old and they didn't allow family members to stay with kids
>back then. Little Ev was wearing some glasses tonight, one side covered, to
>try and force his double vision back to centered vision. No, it isn't
>known yet how that will turn out so it is something to continue to pray
>about. Of course, violent blows to the head resulting in brain damage can
>even cause a retina to detach. Normally double vision isn't conducive to
>double vision as a side effect but it isn't all that uncommon either. I
>saw a frightened little boy there tonight. The routines they put him
>through today seemed largely classroom school work to find out where he is
>as far as cognitive thought and puzzle solving is concerned. I reminded
>him, although this probably didn't help, he was never alone even if his
>family wasn't right there with him. He has been wearing an I D ankle
>bracelet because they consider him to be a flight risk. He's been trying
>to call his friends to come and pick him up. He isn't violent but they
>said he is highly demanding, swearing and cursing at times, to some of his
>family and hospital staff when he gets tired or afraid; like staying alone
>this first night. He keeps saying he just wants to come home and get well
>there. He said tonight, "I don't know when I'll get to come home." I
>said, "Everett, I was in the hospital for 6 months and I never knew what I
>was coming home and I was just 11. He knows he won't have to stay long but
>we keep telling him, he needs to know he is safe when he does come home and
>we need to know our responsibilities then, too, to help him remain safe.
>
> Phil.
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