" in everything give thanks"

I decided that we would begin writing down everything that encourages us each day. It is always is good to hear the positive so that is the way we will get through this adventure. Right now it is hard - very hard.

Today the nurse came to make sure I could give Steve the necessary needles. Testing his sugar, insulin - 2 kinds, and the blood thinner that hurts him when I give it because it burns when it goes in his belly. She sent the physical therapy nurse. When she came to assess the situation she said that the only thing she would do with Steve was "range of motion" therapy. This meant that she would move his legs up and down and move his arms the same way. That was all. She wanted to know what goal the family had for Mr. Steve. I said that we wanted him to walk again. She said that that goal was not attainable with the therapy that she did and that we would have to contact our physician to have him request this for Steve. As God would have it - the AETNA case manager called today and wanted to know how we were doing and offer a free service AETNA has - to work on behalf of the patient and get appropriate care. Boy did I fill her ears with information. She will call me back later in the week to see what they can do to get Steve out patient physical therapy. That would be great. Please pray that God works something out because I am not ready to give up on his ability to walk again. He really wants to be able to walk by himself to the bathroom.

We are also thankful for God providing meals for us. This will be a GREAT help because I go back to work tomorrow. And BOY is Mr. Steve going to have fun with Uncle Denny. He will be pooped when I get home I'm sure. I brought up 2 pound weights for them to begin a home therapy program.

Today Steve is showing signs of understanding a little more about his left hand. He was looking at his hand and got some of the fingers to move. This is good. He also moved his left leg and the physical therapy nurse thought that was good. So these are signs of encouragement for me anyway.

Steve is eating a little better now - that is good. His daytime sugars are also good. It's just the stupid night tube feedings that send his sugars into orbit. That is another discussion.

We got MORE sleep last night and this is REALLY good. He slept from 10:30 to 1:30 and needed to pee and was up until 2:15 then back to sleep until 6:18 and I asked him to give me another hour and he slept until 8:00. That was good - I could take that every night.

So here we are again. Thanking you for holding us up in prayer and God for getting us through another day.

Janice