Lifting Up Dad From Our Knees.....: positive update!

Saturday, January 27, 2007

positive update!

We got the results back from the CT scan and got good news. The scan didnt show any aparent bleeding, just "residual" blood. With that information, the doctors decided to remove the ICP sensor...or in laymans terms...the dipstick that he had in his head. Although, still considered "critical" this brings us great hope! They are hoping that they can get him to open his eyes in the next few days. Please pray for several specific things: please pray that his blood pressure will stay down (its a bit elivated right now but is ok given the circumstance), please pray that dads fever will go down ( the temp could be a direct result of misinformation from the brain due to the swelling) because right now it is 102.2. Please pray for his left arm, this is swelling due to a clot in the clavical. Pray that the clot will fizzle away on its own. Pray for dads heart...that it will stay strong thru all of this stress and pain on his body. Pray for dads neck, as it is still broken and needs healing. Continue to pray that dads brain get healthy. Thank you for your continued prayer...we will continue to update you as we know more. God is good!

9 comments:

Anonymous said...: Sue, Joe and family

We're praising and praying. It was good to see you all last night and sense your positive outlook. You are all an incredible family. We love you,

The Grahams; January 27, 2007 at 4:04 PM
Anonymous said...: Thank you so much for this site, so that we can know how to pray specifically and can keep up with Jim's progress. Thanks too for sharing your hearts and we continue to lift all of you up also. We are so thankful for your faithfulness. God is so good, and we are so thankful for the good report today. We're praying for you.
Ron and Minda; January 27, 2007 at 4:12 PM
Anonymous said...: Ephesians 3:11-20

"...according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence. I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."

Love,
Dale, Karen, Matthew, & Taylor; January 27, 2007 at 4:12 PM
Anonymous said...: I was so excited to see the heading "Positive Update" when I checked in on you all tonight. I've wanted to post something for a while but never felt that the words were there.I want you to know that your entire family is in my thoughts and prayers every second. Anna, thank you for letting me hang out with you at the salon yesterday. I hope that our chatting and laughing gave you a bit of a boost. All of the little boosts add up!!!! I know that you have so many offering, but just know that we are a phone call away if you need anything. You are all an inspiration to us and we love you all very much.
Joni; January 27, 2007 at 4:24 PM
brianandcourt said...: I love this good news! We're praising the Lord for Jim's progress, and looking forward to more answered prayers!

Still praying!
Courtney & Brian; January 27, 2007 at 6:08 PM
Anonymous said...: Hey you guys,I hope that you r making wishes in ur hearts because he is in mine. With all the hope in the world.and every time i go to bed i try to pray for him and hopes that he will get better every second of the day.And you can always look out the window and look at the sky and know that God is looking at you and making you have more hope. he will always be in my heart everyday.i love him.<3

Love,
Kasey Kline; January 27, 2007 at 6:55 PM
nanmarie said...: Dear Jim, Sue and family,
We are praying without ceasing for you.
Praise The Lord for the
"GOOD REPORT".
You will never know how many lives you and your family are touching by sharing your Faith and letting your Light shine.
Thank you for the updates, helps us to feel closer to you.
Much love, Nannette,
Ann's sister in Ga.
The one that your family stayed with on the way to Florida.
I remember that wonderful evening with much joy. Hope you can come again soon.; January 27, 2007 at 6:56 PM
Anonymous said...: This web site is awesome and for those of us who can't be there, it's a great help to get updated on progress and to know what's going on. Please know that you (all of you) have been in my thoughts and prayers from the outset of this tragedy. God is so faithful, and I know that He'll see you through this. Love all of you.; January 27, 2007 at 9:38 PM
Anonymous said...: Praise the Lord!!!! :) Wonderful report today!; January 27, 2007 at 10:09 PM

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The story as we know it...

On Friday morning (Jan. 19th) around 10:50am, i recieved a call from my brother Joe telling me that he needed me at the house. I asked him what for and he told me that dad had hurt himself somehow...he had a black eye, his nose was bleeding and was "a little beat up". I immediatly got into my car and started heading that way. I called Joe back and asked him for more details and he told me that he was having a hard time getting dad up. I told him to call the EMS and he said that he thought Jason had already done that and he was on his way. When i pulled up, i saw the EMS was already there. I walked in and i saw Jason, Anna, Joe and several EMS people along with dad sitting on a gurney. They imediately took dad out in the EMS...not knowing what was wrong...just that something really wasnt right. We followed the EMS to parkview ER and had to go wait. Mom met us there as she flew across town to get there. We had to wait a long time (it seemed like days!) before we were told what was going on. The chaplain kept coming out to "brief"us...but thats all it was, a "brief". Finally, the ER doctor called the family together and told us the news...dad has a broken neck and he is bleeding in and on his brain on both sides....this is very serious. "Its a bad deal" the ER doc kept on saying, but we had to wait until the surgeon would come in and take a look at the CT scan before we could find out for certian what was wrong. Dr. Young finally came in and said that he had looked at dad and his scan. Dr. Young was very "matter of fact" with us which was good. We needed that! He told us very similar things to what the ER doctor told us. He said that dad had broke his neck, C2 to be exact. He also said that he was bleeding in several areas in his brain. He needed brain surgury immediatly. On a scale of one to ten...with ten being the worst...dad was a "plus 10". Dad went into surgury and was there for 3.5 hours or so...he came out of surgury fine but we found out the damage was worse than they had thought. They had to remove some of the damaged area and he would be on life support. We were told that the next 3-10 days are life and death...or very critical. What we think what happend is something as follows: Dad was sleeping down in the basement which is a normal thing. Between 8:30am and 10:30am, he tried going upstairs. This info is a little sketchy because we werent there, but based on some of the info that we have seen, we think that he tripped on the stair going up and fell...hitting his right eye on the stereo and then hitting face first on the ground. This created the damage that we are aware of. We spoke with the cardiologist today and found out that dad has also had a heart attack with in the last eight days, but they have not figured out exactly when. There is a thought that this might have caused the fall be we are uncertain. Dad is in stable but "second to second" condition. If and when dad comes out of the "coma" state, there will likely be many months of therapy that needs to be done, plus until the brain issues are resolved, they can not even think about looking at his broken neck. To sum it all up...dad is in very bad condition. We thank you all for all of your prayers and support and all of the food and gifts. Your love for my dad and our family is amazing and we are extremely grateful. We will continue to update you as we know more. Please continue to pray!! Pray for dad (jim) for healing. Pray for mom (sue) that she can continue to be strong. We do know that we most likely havent seen the worst yet. This is when we need your prayers the most. Please feel free to enter your thoughts on this blogspot as we will update you as we know more. We are very thankful for the love you all have shown.

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