Great News! This morning when I visited Dave, Debbie and I were in his room and the nurse came in to adjust his position from being flat on his back to tilting him a bit to one side.
It look a little effort for her to do it and when she was done and pillows under one side of him, his eyes were wide open and Debbie started asking him questions, requesting that he squeeze her hand in response. For quite a while we communicated with him.
Later in the day, when Marla, Tina, and Debbie had left for lunch, Mary, Leslie, Sue, Peggy and Anne were in the room and had the idea to see if a pen and paper would do any good. And it did. He actually wrote "no" to the question if he was in any pain and wrote "I love my family and sisters [and brother - well, he didn't actually write the word brother but I know he meant it]".
When Marla and family returned, he continued.
I know these are baby steps, but we still are in the dark as to what happened and what caused this entire episode so even little rays of light give us more and more hope.
Tomorrow, they will be doing more CAT scans and should get back the results from the lab on what was removed from his skull. That information will give the doctors the direction in which they need to go next. They will also hopefully remove the breathing tube which will make him much more comfortable and allow speech when he is able to talk.
It seems like a month ago that this all started but it was actually only a little over 2 days ago. The spirits of Marla and the rest of the family are good. Marla is an amazingly exceptional, strong and loving person and her strength radiates through the rest of the family. His two daughters, Tina and Debbie, and his son Steven are an inspiration as well.
Please keep Dave in your prayers -- we should hear more tomorrow.
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Joe, please let Marla and Dave know that we are all praying for them. Marla would like to know, I'm sure that the choir had a little "prayer time" for Dave, her, and all of the family after Mass Sat. night. We appreciate your postings! Trish Hanes
Dear Dave,
I just returned from RVIA this morning and to say the least - you were missed greatly. I am by far not alone in this sentiment. You were at the top of everyone's minds and the show was truly not the same without your smiling face. I will keep you, Marla and your whole family in my thoughts and prayers. May God bless you. Tana
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