Moving day came quickly. Friday afternoon it was decided that Jim's return to Parkview would be imminent. Packing up all that we had accumulated in the 5 week stay and hugging goodbye all our new friends at St Joe Select, we began our next step in the healing process. Due to forthcoming paperwork from the VA, Jim is on the 5th floor rehab, room 515. Hopefully we will soon get him moved to 4th floor, intensive rehab. Praise God that we have come this far! It has now been over 10 weeks.
If you still would like to know how you can pray for him, this would be one we would request. That his paperwork would go through as we hope and there will not be any setbacks. Also, that he will adjust to the changes and not take a step backwords. He is getting impatient with the halo and it has caused some concern. Also, I have been down with a bug and my family has been overloaded with extra of my time. We are all getting tired. Pray we will not fall down, but finish the race.
Again, and again, thank you all for your support and prayers. The journey continues, with God leading the way. I do not know the end, but I do know the Keeper of the end. May God bless each and every one of you.
Sue
The diary of the progress of Jim Maley
Dad with Alena at Christmas
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.
7 comments:
Sue I know it is very hard, if there is anything I can do let me know. I can come and set with Jim in the daytime I since I know how the Maleys are. I hope he calms down and accepts the hallo, if I can help with that just let me know.As far as I know I will be home this week. Call if you need me. Love Bill & Norene
Lord Jesus, we ask for Your healing touch to be upon Jim's body tonight. Continue the work You have begun in him. We ask for Your peace to permeate his room, and for Your presence to fill his soul with a calmness.
Give his family extra strength and wisdom for all decisions. We ask that all paperwork go quickly as well.
God bless you, Maley family.
thank you Sue for the update..
your requests have been heard and
are being lifted up.
A verse that I have been meditating on the last week or so is from Ps
90 and says "teach us to number our
days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom " ...
that is what The Lord is doing thru you and Jim and your family Susie
for all of us who will watch and listen and take heed.
thank you.
helen
Dear Maley's,
Know that you are being held up daily before our Father's throne. It has to be so hard to keep putting one foot in front of the other as you walk along this unfamiliar path, but as you say, you know the Keeper of the path--and that makes all the difference in the "dailyness" of our lives, doesn't it?
We're asking God to speed Jim's paperwork along so he can be moved to the intensive therapy floor. Jim has been making wonderful progress and we're praying that it continues.
We hope you are feeling better, too, Sue. We'll keep all of you in our thoughts and prayers as you balance the demands that fill your lives at this moment.
Take care.
Love and Prayers,
Rosa and Ken
Sue & Family,
We are praying for the paperwork to go through quickly and without any issues. You are all in our thoughts and prayers daily. We get the kids every weekend and they always ask how Anna's daddy is doing :) We love you!!
John & Tara Pennington
Sue & Maley Family,
All I can say is Thank you. Thank you for allowing us to walk this difficult and tiring journey with you. Thank you for encouraging us all through your hardship, and thank you for being such and awesome example of God's love, strength, encouragement, faithfulness, endurance and his awesome power of healing. We pray for the family and for Jim continuously. Please remember if we can do anything, let us know.
We Love you all and will continue to pray with you.
The Wallins (Misty, Keith, Savannah, Corbin & Sheriden)
Hi Maley Family,
We love you guys and have you in our prayers. Your witness is strong and we pray your spirit remains strong, for health for all and for Jim's miracles to continue in his healing.
Sue, you told me a few years ago-
"You are a Child of the King", remember that !!!
God Bless,
The Gallagher Family
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