Midday on Tuesday

Though I would give everyone a mid-day update. One thing I forgot to mention last night is that Kim has been moved out of the Pediatric ICU into a normal room. This is a great thing. She is not up for visitors yet other than family. Becky and Kirk will let us know when others can come to see her.

Her MRA/MRI is scheduled for 5:00pm today, they are going to do an EEG as well. We will probably not hear any results from that until tomorrow. This morning she opened her birthday presents. She is excited to have some new books and blankets and games. Her morning has been busy again with therapy and doctors. I sat with her a while today while she rested and Becky and Kirk went to get a bite to eat. When I left they were about to do a "mad-lib" out of one of her new books.

Please pray for the doctors as they work on getting good evaluations of her status and progress. In some ways they are just now discovering the full extent of her brain injury and its effects. The discovery process is frustrating. They do the tests and then they have to talk it over with six other doctors before they can do anything or even tell Beck and Kirk what the status is.

Mom looked good but was tired and in some pain when I saw her. More therapy this morning and afternoon for her. She has appreciated the visits, cards and flowers.

Many of you know there has been some other things going on with Dad's family as well this last week. The same day as the accident Dad's twin brother Don fell off a scaffolding and broke his ankle and will require surgery to fix it. His oldest sister Doris has been fighting cancer and early last week we got word that they called in hospice care for her. Late last night we got word that she had passed away so sometime later this week Dad and I will be going up to Traverse City for the funeral.

Pray for endurance and strength for Becky and Kirk and Dad. They are immersed in this 24/7 right now. It can get overwhelming.

That's all for now. I'll try to get another update up before I go to sleep tonight.

Keep praying!

Dan