Not much more. . .
Tammy checked in with another friend. Not much is new from all of my earlier assumptions -- Elaine is returning to Abilene Sunday, Rob is returning Monday when Jack and Tammy move into rehab. Tammy is encouraged by Jack's willingness to be taking care of himself -- showering and washing his hair, etc. The therapy that Jack has been doing has made him TIRED (as anyone who has been through therapy can attest), but that also means he has been sleeping really well and been peaceful. They just sounded good and continuing to chug along on this Grand Adventure the Lord has placed before them!
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it is heartening to hear that Jack is following in his Lord's footsteps on the road to recovery.
If any wishes could be made it would be for a speedy and event free recovery. You follow the word and know that through hard work and devotion that you are rewarded with the Lord's blessings and care. As proved many times over since last week that Jack's devotion and willingness to work hard has proved strong, he has the Fathers support and his family's love.
Rehab will only be a moment long in the great scheme of things to come in Jack's life. Keep strong and when everything is going haywire and not as predicted, rest and reflect as you need but don't quit.
We love you all,
Cindy Zac and Ben
P.s Tammy Happy Mother's Day
We're so happy to hear that Jack
is recovering so well. Our thoughts and prayers go out to you during this difficult time. We wish we were there by your side to comfort the entire family.
We love and miss you,
Jim,Rosemary,Jim,Tom,Julie,Dave,
Shelly,Michelle,Tony,Britt,Alexa,
Tracy,Brian,Libby,& Chloe
I want to wish you a very happy Mother's Day. I am sure you will never know how much your children appreciate your love and care... especially Jack! My Nanny (Mary Nell) was thrilled to hear of all Jack's progress. We are stil praying and I hope you and Jack have an easy transition to Baylor. Rob, I hope you have a safe trip home. I know Sophie and DJ will be thrilled to be with you!
Love,
Shoni Gililland Power
Gwen
As this Mother's Day draws to a close and night envelopes you my prayer is for you to feel both the love of your family and the Father. May the words of Psalms 103 be with you & Jack as a new phase of his rehabilitation begins. "Yes, I will bless the Lord and not forget the glorious things he does for me...He heals me...He surrounds me with lovingkindness and mercy...the loving kindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting."
love from your Beaumont McLeod family and Christ Covenant Church
I pray that your week of transition goes well. I can imagine that it will feel so good to be moved out of the hosspital. Praise God for all of the progress y'all have made in only a week. I'm sure the kids will love having their Dad home, and I know it will give you some peace of mind that some normalcy is returning in their home. We'll keep praying!
Take care!
Frances
We had a long weekend, not bad long, just long, without the library and the wonderful blessings of reading the blog, and most of everything closes down at the hospital on the weekends, it was like a ghost town here. Jack went to 4 or 5 therapies on Friday to none on Saturday, (except our therapy of getting him up and walking and coloring, stickering), and one therapy on Sunday. So we are glad to see Monday roll around and the hustle and bustle of the hospital again. We are planning on moving tomorrow to Baylor. They were waiting to discharge some patients today for a bed to open up for us. Looks like that happened and Jack and I will be transported by ambulance tomorrow. The facility is called Our Children's House at Baylor. I meant to bring address and phone number with me to the library but forgot, I will post it before Rob goes home today.
Jack had another cat scan Sunday morning, it looked good. The ventricles were still enlarged but no build up of fluid, so looks like that is working well. The cat scan showed a pocket of air behind his heart and maybe some in his neck area. Nothing to worry about as long as it doesn't grow, it will eventually dissolve back in to the body, might take a couple of weeks to happen. They will monitor that by xray. He had been coughing pretty badly over the last 5 days so they xrayed his chest and found the beginnings of pneumonia. He started on antibiotics last night. The respitory therapist will be in twice a day to work that area with her patting tool. I got pretty upset yesterday with all that news, I guess I just want him to get better with no more complications. I have been assured by all the doctors that come in that it is nothing to worry about, we will still move on to Baylor, I think that they record everything, even mom's tears in Jack's chart, so they are all reassuring me when they visit Jack. Jack's chart is about 3 1/2 inches thick from the last 2 weeks.
Great things that Jack has done over the weekend:
His eyes are just about normally opened now. Focusing on stuff is not easy still, but he is working on it.
He cried last night with his mouth open, sounded like almost back to normal. He normally has held his mouth shut with lips pursed in all of his cries.
He is walking stronger every day.
He loves his shower, he is liking to hold the shower head in his hand and just let the warm water fall on him for a while. When it comes time to dry off, he likes to dry his belly and back and face, we help him with the rest. I am so glad that this child of mine who was born independant is struggling to gain that independance back. He is determined to not let people take care of him any more than he needs to. Therapy is another story, he doesn't like it, and wont really work with the therapist well. But we work with him and he is making strides with us.
We have taken a walk to the candy machine for him to buy DJ, Sophie and Cousin Lauren candy. He likes to give people things and that is a great way for him to practice his walking. We ofcourse break it up into individual purchase trips. So he has to go back each time and walk more.
I am assured by all the changes this weekend that I wont have to wait too long to see his smile again.
God bless you all. We love reading your encouraging posts.
Tammy
Our Children's House at
Baylor
3301 Swiss Ave.
Dallas Texas, 75204
214 820-9850
I'm not looking forward to leaving today, but I guess it's back to the real world sooner or later. Please keep the prayers going up for them.
I am looking forward to seeing every one Wensday night.
Love, Rob.