Since yesterday was a "day off" to try and recoup some much needed lost sleep for me I don't have medical updates yet this morning. Will add those when I do.
That being said, here's a little story I hope you'll enjoy... I know I did.
A couple of Dad & Trish's very dear friends (Nancy & Doyle) went to visit Dad with Trish yesterday. The following is the e-mail Nancy sent me recapping the visit.
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Hi John
Doyle and I went to see Bud today, it had been a few days since we had been there and I noticed a marked improvement.
I told him I felt a song coming on (Buddy and I always sing the goldy oldy's----we know every song ever written). I sang, "Baby if I made you mad----"Buddy sang, "With something that I might have said", then he waited for me and I sang the next line.
We sang "Don't Be Cruel" all the way through. Then we sang "Hound Dog" the same way, I sang one line, he sang the next. We made it through the entire song! It was so cool--- even though he never opened his eyes.
I asked him if he felt like there was a wall between him and the rest of the world, he said "A wall". I reminded him God brought a wall down for Joshua, and He will bring it down for Buddy, too. Buddy laughed (his laughs are a slight heh, heh, heh.) I know how that laugh really sounds in it's fullness, and soon we will be hearing that again.
Doyle told him, "I love you, Bud" and Buddy said "I love you, too, man". Doyle reminded him he had to get well so they can "stomp" the women at a game we play called Sequence. Trish and I both chimed in that that will NEVER happen, and Bud did that little chuckle again. I am sure he understood what we were talking about. I feel it was a good visit, even though Bud went to sleep and snored about every 3 minutes!
Trish called me after we left the hospital, and she asked Buddy if he remembered Doyle and Nancy being there. He said, "no". Well, so much for making an impact!
God Bless
Nancy
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This encourages me (as each new day does) that Dad will be back in all of the splendor that God gave him! It also helps me remember that we still have a long way to go (even though he never opened his eyes and ...if he remembered Doyle and Nancy being there. He said, "no") and a lot of praying yet to do.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
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