Lifting Up Dad From Our Knees.....: At last. Home!

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

At last. Home!

The long awaited time is here. Six months and four days of hospitals, rehab and much answered prayer. Jim will be coming home to stay on July 23rd!

We can hardly believe it's going to happen. Much preparation for his homecoming will need to take place in the next week. The kids and I will do all we can to make it a smooth transition. I'm a little nervous, but very happy.

To God be the glory for all He has done. I am asking any of you who have faithfully traveled these last six months with us through this blog or otherwise, to consider writing and speaking your heart if God has used this journey to impact you or someone you know in any way. There are so many encouraging events that have taken place that I know it would encourage many others to have hope in difficult or impossible situations or maybe renew their hope in a faithful God.

You have all been arms of hope for our family. I pray I will someday be able to write down the many ways you were used to answer prayer or get us through a difficult day. When I look back to the beginning of this blog and see all of your responses to our prayer request I am so humbled.

Please join us in celebrating Jim's return home by thanking God for his mercies.

Tomorrow we go to Ft Wayne for a consult on Jim's broken neck. We will find out if it has healed or not.

I will update you then.

Blessings,
Sue

8 comments:

Anonymous said...: PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS
FLOW!! WHAT A GLORIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT
TO READ REALIZING ONLY A FRACTION
OF WHAT OUR GREAT GOD HAS DONE FOR
JIM AND IN ALL OF YOUR LIVES..
and therefore in may of our lives.
We have all been touched by the
hand of God thru this journey He has
taken your family thru.
Thank you sooo much for sharing
it with us. Will wait anxiously for
the report on the healing of Jim's neck. We love you!
Helen & Steve; July 12, 2007 at 12:53 PM
Admin said...: How wonderful! I have to say that even though we have never met other than in "blog-land", the journey your family is on has truly touched my heart. I first read of Jim's accident via Paula Moldenhauer's blog. It was definitely a "God" thing, and I have been praying for Jim and your family ever since.

Please keep us updated!; July 12, 2007 at 4:16 PM
Anonymous said...: I am so happy for your family. You are all such powerful witnesses of Christ. God Bless Y'all. Here are prayers for continued healing.
We serve an awesome Christ.

Jim Gallagher and Family; July 12, 2007 at 11:24 PM
Anonymous said...: Dear Sue, Jim and Family,

What wonderful long-awaited news!

We will be asking our God to heal Jim's neck without surgery, if possible. We know He will do what is best and that He is fully able to do this.

We continue to hold you close in prayer, thoughts and in our hearts.

Praise the LORD for all He has done!

Love,

Ken and Rosa; July 13, 2007 at 6:33 AM
Anonymous said...: Dear Sue:

How awesome!!! God does answer prayers. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in March, had a double mastectomy and resconstructive surgery in May and I am now back at work. According to all reports, I am cancer free. I know that all the prayers for my health were answered. Even though I haven't written during this time, you and your family have been in my prayers. May God give you strength as you continue along this journey.

Ruth Lengacher
AccuTemp; July 13, 2007 at 9:40 AM
Anonymous said...: Dear Sue & Family,

What a long-awaited celebration! We couldn't be happier for you and rejoice with you. Our Father is, and will always be, victorious in all things. All praise be to Him!

Love,
Dale, Karen, Matthew, & Taylor; July 14, 2007 at 5:52 PM
Anonymous said...: Praise the Lord! I am so happy for you guys! That is wonderful. God does answer prayers!!!

Love you,
John & Tara; July 15, 2007 at 12:44 PM
Anonymous said...: What wonderful news! We pray God will give you the strength to cope with all the details and ease your anxiousness as you make this monumental transition. We pray Jim will make this change easily and that he will continue to improve and gain strength, and we pray for complete healing of his neck without surgery. You have been such a witness to us of how God carries his children through the toughest of times. We thank you for your truthful sharings and for allowing us to pray along the way. We praise and thank God for his miraculous healing and for his daily faithfulness and loving works on your behalf. We'll hope to see you soon!
With love, Ron and Minda; July 16, 2007 at 8:33 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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