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GordonC said:
Thanks, folks. Last night was very dark. At lunch yesterday, somebody started talking about "last wishes" and DNR and some conspiracy about doctors bypassing DNRs, and I had just gotten the news about my brother-in-law and I had to make a lot of decisions for my wife (as you already know). All that talk yesterday, then finding Dad's Living Will while looking for mom's just put that on my brain. I hadn't drunk anything, but I'd had my sleep pills and I started questioning some of the decisions I had made. It's difficult to explain, really. I don't feel like I did a good job of just explainin it.
GO VOLS

Again, really, thanks, folks.
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I know that you did the absolute best that you could do....but I know what you are feeling and I did the same thing after my Mother passed....just remember that you did good friend 🌸
 
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YankeeVol said:
My grandmother fell at my house this morning. It's bad, but it could have been a lot worse, especially at her age (84), so I am EXTREMELY thankful for that. She is in a lot of pain and looking towards a arduous recovery.

Just keep her in your thoughts if you could.
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🙏🏽 for her recovery
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
@Ritzwatch
How ya living, Hommie?
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Thanks for checking in.

Things are going really, really well. Volnation Notes version:

- They have been standing middle child up and walking with him. They support his right side, but he can move his left leg forward on his own and he can support himself somewhat with his left arm.

- We have mastered car transfers and toilet transfers, so we can try to get some more dignity in the boy's life and get him out and about some.

- We get discharged from Inpatient at Shepherd and we will start with Outpatient therapy on Thursday, also in Atlanta. We will stay in an apartment in ATL, so the wife and I will continue driving back and forth, sharing responsibilities for the boy while juggling work obligations.

- Big news this week was this: My boy had his first unprompted communication in 15 weeks. He looked his mother in the eyes and mouthed the words "I love you." Yes, I was a weepy, slobbery, messy mess for the next 60 - 90 minutes!

Progress is slow with brain injuries as a whole, and my boy is a little slower than most due to the extensive nature of his injuries, but we soldier on.

I am terrified of Thursday, as that will be Day 1 of me with him all by myself, with no nursing staff to call on for help. Feed tubes, changing/cleanings, moving the boy from bed to wheelchair, and wheelchair to car, car to chair to therapy....it is all so very intimidating. Of course this would happen to my 6'2' 215lb (down from 260) man-child. But, I know Thursday will be the worst day of it, and it will get better from there every day.

Scripture says that faith is "the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Well, we are slowly but surely moving from faith (in the unseen) to knowledge (of what we have seen.)

God has been so very good to us. From saving our boy's life to working miracles in his healing, He has been so, so good.

Again, thanks for checking in. Hope your bumps and bruises are all healed up from your old-man fall.
 
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GordonC said:
Mom got to come home on Wed. She's doing pretty well. Doctor did follow up images and say hip is healing very well from surgery.
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Awesome news

YankeeVol said:
My grandmother fell at my house this morning. It's bad, but it could have been a lot worse, especially at her age (84), so I am EXTREMELY thankful for that. She is in a lot of pain and looking towards a arduous recovery.

Just keep her in your thoughts if you could.
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Prayers

Ritzwatch said:
Thanks for checking in.

Things are going really, really well. Volnation Notes version:

- They have been standing middle child up and walking with him. They support his right side, but he can move his left leg forward on his own and he can support himself somewhat with his left arm.

- We have mastered car transfers and toilet transfers, so we can try to get some more dignity in the boy's life and get him out and about some.

- We get discharged from Inpatient at Shepherd and we will start with Outpatient therapy on Thursday, also in Atlanta. We will stay in an apartment in ATL, so the wife and I will continue driving back and forth, sharing responsibilities for the boy while juggling work obligations.

- Big news this week was this: My boy had his first unprompted communication in 15 weeks. He looked his mother in the eyes and mouthed the words "I love you." Yes, I was a weepy, slobbery, messy mess for the next 60 - 90 minutes!

Progress is slow with brain injuries as a whole, and my boy is a little slower than most due to the extensive nature of his injuries, but we soldier on.

I am terrified of Thursday, as that will be Day 1 of me with him all by myself, with no nursing staff to call on for help. Feed tubes, changing/cleanings, moving the boy from bed to wheelchair, and wheelchair to car, car to chair to therapy....it is all so very intimidating. Of course this would happen to my 6'2' 215lb (down from 260) man-child. But, I know Thursday will be the worst day of it, and it will get better from there every day.

Scripture says that faith is "the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Well, we are slowly but surely moving from faith (in the unseen) to knowledge (of what we have seen.)

God has been so very good to us. From saving our boy's life to working miracles in his healing, He has been so, so good.

Again, thanks for checking in. Hope your bumps and bruises are all healed up from your old-man fall.
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Great news, continued prayers
 
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