"enlisting all prayer warriors!"

Friends -

We are coming into a very important place in our lives. Mr. Steve is now at a sub-acute facility. This is a step down from the acute rehab when he was at Magee. It is hard to accept the fact that he is not progressing, as I shared before. He NEEDS to progress NOW and not just a little - he needs to progress A LOT! For example - he needs not only to be able to sit on his bed without assistance BUT he needs to be able to get from the wheelchair to the bed using a straight board.

Let me tell you where we are - he is able to get to a better sitting position in the bed when someone helps hold his arm and gently pulls him. He has had NO therapy on Saturday or Sunday. So my concern is that things that he had may have been lost to some degree; since moving to Silvercare.

Also Steve still has a "peg" tube in his belly. That is where they are feeding him from a bag to give him more nutrition. He is eating some pureed foods but he doesn't eat much because they don't taste too good. I would not like him coming home with a peg tube but they say that sometimes happens.

He also is not able to get to a potty - and that is another issue for us to deal with "at home".

The social worker is telling us that his AETNA insurance days are numbered and that she will do her best to get as many days as possible. Now some of you are saying that we should be glad that he is coming home. But in reality - this will be a VERY difficult time for us. He just isn't mobile enough for us to care for him easily.

The night terrors still plague him. Last nights terror was that he was at a camp and mercenaries got into the camp and was trying to get the woman and children so they could use them as slaves. He was trying with all his power to get them out. How scary.

Right now we ask all of you to plead with God that He show mercy to Steve and deliver him from these terrible dreams. Also that God will deliver him from the pain he is experiencing. This week I promised Steve that we would be getting some concrete answers. Steve prayed tonight and he specifically prayed that God would give him a peaceful nights sleep and take the pain away! If God awakens you at night time - whisper a prayer for Mr. Steve please.

Rest well.