thanks for the update.  Praise god for continued progress.  As for the 
smoking, we'll have to make that a matter of prayer.  THat's a tough habit 
to break.  My brother was never able to quit.  Praying for Andy's healing 
and other needs as well.




JulieMelton
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www.heart-and-music.com
Keep smiling!





>From: B Dunse <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Electronic Church <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Andy Update
>Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 22:56:56 -0500
>
>I talked to Andy's fiance, who  now is serving as his guardian. She said he 
>is doing fabulous. She took him to WalMart the other day and he was excited 
>to go. She thought it cute that he'd be happy to go to WalMart lol. They 
>are doing an assessment on him Tuesday and making some determinations of 
>how long he'll be at this facility. He is doing so well that they're going 
>to move him into the area of the more advanced folks who are nearing 
>returning home. He is a bit slow in getting his thoughts out and can jump 
>his thoughts with mouth but then catches himself and starts over. 
>Unfortunately they allowed him to smoke. I thought he had recently quit but 
>they just told Andy that in hopes he would stop asking for them lol. I've 
>got his number to get in touch with him and will call him maybe tomorrow 
>and visit a bit over the phone. His fiance said he'll be able to go home 
>for weekend visits in a couple three weeks. They talked about a camping 
>trip the facility is planning on for the patients in October which Andy was 
>keen on, but I don't think he'll be there then myself. So he is continuing 
>to blow everyone away with his progress and so far he doesn't seem to have 
>any memory loss other than perhaps the accident itself. Thank you for your 
>continued prayers.
>
>Brad
>