Thursday, April 17, 2008
Joye's Update 4/17/08
Praise the Lord . . . that's all I have to say. Andrew moved his arm twice today and squeezed a nurses hand during his surgery. During his surgery to receive the trach, Andrew picked his entire arm up and moved it open as though he was stretching. The people present in the O.R., who witnessed this strongly agree that it appeared to be a purposeful move, not a reflex. Also during the surgery, a nurse was holding his hand that had the IV in it to keep it stable and she said he squeezed her hand quite firmly. Then, when he was returned to his CCU room the nurses and respitory technicians saw him pick his arm up and lay it down on his upper thigh. When I walked in the room they were all smiles and some with tears of joy. God is touching Andrew with his healing hand, I just know it. Later in the day, he was able to receive his new feeding tube . . . and that went well too. He's sleeping comfortably; ocassionally he'll wake up and will feel how raw his throat is and I know from the look on his face that he's in a lot of pain. I guess he'll be in that pain for a couple of days though. From what I understand, we will only have a week or even less here and he will be going to rehab to get off the ventilator. I'm going to begin touring the rehab hospitals as soon as tomorrow to find him the best there is to offer. I've spoken to a lot of the neuro nurses here and have some good information to go on. These nurses have to come to love Andrew and want him to go to the best place.
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Hi - Langley:
I am so happy to hear of the fantastic news!! You are doing so GREAT!! We are all praying for you. I have people praying for you that you don't even know - but they know you and they all send their well wishes and will continue to pray for you. Keep up the good work!! I know you are going to be back to your normal goofy self real soon!! :)
Oh I am so happy for you and Joye. God bless you both and keep up the fight!!
Love,
Cherry Derrick
I knew you could do it!!!!
Drew, That's great news. Keep it up! I know you'll be back to your normal self really soon. So many people are asking about you and praying for you! Hang in there. Kathy
Andrew,
We knew you could do it, you are big dog even if you don't know how to spell. Keep up the good work.
Stay strong.
Big Dog,
Good job, we will keep praying for you. We continue to check on your progress... Keep up the good fight and hang in there.
Sgt Langley!! So happy to hear of your improvement! It's not the same here without you. We are thinking of you, hope to see you soon. Kohmetscher
Oh! Forgot to tell you that one of my co-workers thought you were Montel Williams :), she thought I had those type of connections(I know you don't think it's funny,,,but you can laugh though)...
Stay strong that I will keep praying for you and Joye!!!
Love Rebecca
Big Dog,
We still have a place saved for you in the block training class, Keep up that positive attitude and we will try and get out class early :0)
Joye, thank you so much for keeping us updated, we all appreciate it greatly.
Sgt J
Andrew
I am so excited to hear about your great news..WAY TO GO! All of our prayers and faith in God have proven to work. Not to mention your courage and strength. I will continue to pray, and tell everyone the great news.
Joye
I am so proud of you and your strength through this. Even after all these years you still continue to amaze me.
Good night and God Bless
Tammie
Great news happy to hear you're doing better Stay Strong both of you. Take care
Angel
This is some awe inspiring news!!
Joye, I can't help but imagine how you felt when you walked into the room and the nurses were smiling and the tears of joy. What a blessing!
Langley, your determination is immense and I have no doubt that you’re in the best of hands! It is obvious that Joye will see to that (she’s just that way)!
Keep your strength and faith, for just as fast as things went wrong, things are looking brighter and brighter.
Many thoughts and prayers,
Michele
YES!!!!! we are going to have the ol Langley back in no time. Keep up the good work and stay strong. I am praying that this is going to be a continued progress of your own, and you will be able to eliminate one of the rehabs in the future. Stay focused. love ya Carrie
Langley, I know you are a strong person and our prayers are still going strong for you and Ms. Joye. Sure glad to hear your surgery went real good. Manny(Former COII Garcia), said, hi and send well wishes. Hang in their guys...
God bless,
Lulu & Manny Garcia (Tucson, AZ)
Andrew, Keep it going!!!! Move, move, move!!! Anthony was thrilled when I told him the news. Joye, keep the strength. I'll keep saying prayers.
Lots of Love,
Dawn
GREAT!!!! This is SUCH good news to read!!! Keep it up Drew! You got a lot of people pullin' for you and no one is lettin' up either!
You hang in there Joye. You continue to amaze me with the unwaivering level of strength and energy you possess and demonstrate daily.
May each coming day bring more good news and continued movement and feeling.
Michele Sundwall
Joye & Drew,
This news is so wonderful. I am so glad the surgery went well and the continued movement. GOD IS GOOD!!! We will all continue to pray for you all.
God Bless and keep your eyes on God.
Always,
Robbin
Good Morning Joye, yes! Praise the Lord for the great news! Langley we are so excited to hear you are doing great. Prayers are powerful and you have many people out there praying for you, also that really love you and Joye. We love you guys! Nick & Marie
Good morning Joy and Drew. It's Magik. Surprise, surprise huh? Anyway... I heard what happened about a week ago through Nick and Marie and Just this past Wednesday I got real deep in prayer about the situation. So you can imagine my joy this morning when I read your blog from yesterday. God is real and it is His business to make things right. I have full confidence that you are going to see some BIG blessings during the upcoming weeks! I am continuing in prayer for you all and I am expecting full recovery. God is a God of healing asnd delivery and I am constantly reminding Him of that in my prayers. So... stay faithful and believing, I'll keep praying and believing, and I am fully confident that in a little while we will all be sitting together talking about how God worked on Drew's behalf. Love you both... Magik.
Hi Langley
Glad to hear you are doing better! That is such great news. We are reading the posts daily and praying for your continued progress. Hang in there! Let us know if you need anything at all :)
Love,
Amanda & Danielle
Ok slacker! Enough! Get back here! We miss you so much! It makes sense that your spelling things since you drive me nuts singing that B-A-N-A-N-A-S song constantly!
Someone said you were going to have a party with your Uggs and a speedo?? Whats that about?? Im shocked!
Get better bud,
Rose Sanders
There are many reasons
for you to get well.
Your family loves
and needs you,
your family is
worried about you...
...your family is totally
unsupervised in your kitchen.
Your Dakota family that is.....Miss you much :)
Good news, Drew. I see you are warming up for that jump shot so we can play in the 115 degree weather like back in the day.
Dave
Andrew- You better get better and bring your ass and Drew to come see me. I miss and love you guys SO MUCH!!! I will tell you all the black jokes I have been saving up on. GET BETTER!
Love ya bunches-
MRS. GOOD WRENCH
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