Fri. Feb. 8, 2008

2/08/08 Well, tomorrow our grandson, Mason, turns 1. WOW!! Where has the time gone? So I will be leaving shortly to go to Green Bay to stay over night and then we'll have his party tomorrow at noon and then I will be coming back late afternoon for the Snowflake Ball that is put on by the dance school, that I'm taking lessons at. It will be at the Madison Club. I've read an article on the internet on brain injury and it said the doctors and other people are misdiagnosing brain injured people as being in a vegetative state when actually they are in a minimally conscious state where they are comprehending a lot of what is going on around them but can't respond and let people know. There is a big difference. The doctors are finding they don't know as much as they used to think about brain injury. They are finding that a lot of the things they thought about it are wrong and it's been proven wrong. Last Sat. when I visited Kenn, he wanted to sleep part of the time, but yesterday when I visited him I played a cassette tape of Live Worship with Terry Macalom. When I started the tape his eyes were shut and he acted like he might be sleeping, but just shortly after the music started, he opened his eyes and was paying attention. He started moving his tongue a little and made a noise in his throat. It was good to see his response to it. He kept his eyes open when the music was on and then when the song was over he would shut them and then open them again when the next song came on. This was songs we used to sing at House of Praise a lot about 4 years ago. I could tell he recognized the songs and people try to tell me that he doesn't respond or know what is going on around him. The nurse Cindy told me on Tues. night when I talked to her told me that he was alert most of the evening. I also took him outside yesterday and we walked across the street and back. No seizures or neurostorming going on for months now. Yahoo!!!
God has been ministering big time to me this week. I feel stronger. I've been having some healing going on inside of me. I'm handling change a little better now and it's not throwing me into a tizzy like it used to. I changed the living room furniture around and I like it now. I guess you just don't realize how something like his accident and everything about it can affect you until you start seeing how God heals you and brings parts of you back into being. Not so sure if you understand that statement. He has helped me to keep my emotions in check so far, but still have many times when I just feel like caving in, but God says, "Be still and know I'm here." But, this Mon. we'll see since he's 3 years out from his accident and then Thurs. is Valentine's Day. I just need to remember this is just a season in my life and it will one day come to an end. I am so blessed to be on this journey with God at my side guiding me each step of the way. God is manifesting Himself in our lives in a big way and I'm just so grateful. It's been a difficult journey that we've been on but God reigns and we are victorious. I've needed to take a sleeping tablet to sleep for over a year and I've not needed one for the last 4 nights. Praise God!! Thank you to all of you who stepped up to accept the mission to pray extra for me. I sure have felt the difference and appreciate it more than you will ever know. God Bless.