December 29, 2007

Hello All:

Thanks be to God! John is doing so well! He still has weakness in his right side but his left gets stronger every day. Crossing his legs by himself and can press a 2lb. weight in his hand several times in a row. He counts to 10, and sometimes beyond, and says his abc's everyday! Still a little trouble remembering everybody's name but eventually gets it down. Sometimes remembers why he is in the hospital and sometimes not. It still takes him a long time to wake up and as of yet has not achieved 100% wakefulness. He speaks a few complete sentences a day and has begun to ask some questions. As you know his trach is out and he has no oxygen, just breathing the same as anybody else. He eats pudding and some baby foods but has not been cleared to have the feed tube removed as sometimes he takes to long to swallow. We look for him to be moved to a new rehab center sometime in early January. We are so excited about this because at the new rehab he will be working with therapist for 6 hours a day! We cannot express our gratitude enough to God Almighty and to all of you for your prayers. Thank you, Thank you! May the Lord Bless and Keep you. May His Name be praised above all others and may the Holy Souls rest in peace.

We lift Brandy's mom up to the Lord and ask you to also.