Monday. January 5 Ive got the joy, joy, joy joy down in my heart - what a great day of celebration. Do you remember your first kiss from your spouse? Doug has been awake and more alert than we have seen him. We were in his room after his two procedures, which he did very well, and we expected another day of him being in and out. He was awake when we walked in! We began to talk with him, telling him Dave and Billie Kay were there, had a good church service and how well he was doing. He was trying to lean up, so I bent down to tell him to relax and he KISSED my cheek! I immediately started crying along with our daughter Mandy. I asked her if I had imagined that, but her look of surprise answered the question for me. We had to leave because visiting hours were over, so we walked into the waiting room to tell everyone but it was difficult through the tears. What joy!! We couldnt wait for the next time to visit. He is sore from having the trachea tube placed and they had to do an incision to place the PEG tube for feeding. He now has a large band around his abdomen to help with soreness but hard to cough. They are giving him pain meds to help control his discomfort. Even with this new soreness, He continued to try and stretch his arms above his head. When I talked with him, He would take my hand TO his lips and kiss it several times. He kissed the girls hands when we told him they were holding his other hand. When stretching his right arm, He put it over on me and pulled me down to kiss me. Talk about a heart melting with so much love for this man that God has given me! We even switched sides to see if he could switch and recognize where I was versus the girls. He always knew. He even patted my face with his left hand. He could scratch around his mouth and nose today also. It is so wonderful to see him think through a task and accomplish it. And ladies, it will make you fall in love all over again to see your husband distinguish you from others when you have days of wondering if he would know you. I feel God not only gave him to me, He gave him back to me. Please dont misunderstand, I know there are plenty of rough days ahead. He will probably have at least one more procedure to place the shunt internally to drains fluids. He also has another CT scan tomorrow. Each time, you wait anxiously for his return to the room and to wake up. I also know with trauma to the brain, there can be many changes to the person that endures them. BUT, for now I will celebrate this victory and will pray fervently for each new one. My God is ABLE to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask......Ephesians 3:20 Delight yourselves in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart....Psalms 37:4 Specific Prayer Request for tomorrow: Pain control Legs to move more Continued alertness Staying in the ICU waiting rooms for this many days, we have got to share with several families. Not only our faith and our hope in Jesus, but met physical needs as well. Not everyone today left the wait room with the same joy we have tonight. Some lost there loved one, some were not given much hope and others got to go home. It is a place of rampant emotions that may change from moment to moment. I pray God will continue to use us while we are here to help hurting families and to share Jesus with those we meet. Love and hugs to all, couldnt wait to share our joy with you Nadine
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 04:45:21 +0000
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