Another great week. A lot of the same, which I suppose is how it's going to be for a while as they continue to work Andrew's body out in order to build some muscle.
We are still working on decreasing medications . . . I believe we are finally at the 50% decrease mark. It is nice not having to constantly be giving Andrew meds all day long. He is feeling okay with the decrease . . . he spasms a lot more and feels pain more too; but he figures "feeling" is "feeling" whether it's pain or not, he'd rather be feeling. And, to all our surprise, the pain is really not as bad as we were anticipating . . . Andrew says it's more of an awareness of discomfort rather than actual piercing pain. I'm very thankful for that.
We are really enjoying Andrew's new bed the VA provided for him. It's quite a "smart" bed as it detects pressure and is able to put in or take out air in order to shift his weight enough, as to get him off a pressure area. I am able to set his timer on the bed so that it will automatically alternate his position during the night and I'm able to sleep more, which is truly a blessing for sure. It's also so quick and doesn't really disturb him during the weight shift so that Andrew is also able to sleep through the repositioning as well.
We are looking forward to another week of therapy and would like you to all pray with us for Andrew to begin to see some pay-off to all of his hard work. He's not becoming discouraged, but he did relate to me that he's anxious to see something happen soon. I have no doubt that God is going to show him something very soon.
God Bless, Joye
Monday, August 10, 2009
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