Even little things are GREAT!!!!

We all want Paula to come home.....NOW!!!! And it might happen.....but God is blessing us with small signs.......but in His hands.....they are not small.....they are GREAT signs!!!!

Amy and Vilas are here, and Amy got Paula to shake her head "No" on two occassions. Paula started droolling, and Amy reached up an wiped it, and Paula wiped it right behind Amy. Paula sat in a chair for 4.5 hrs, while in the chair, I put some lotion on Paula's face, and got some more and told Paula I wanted to put some on her neck under her chin.....and she stretched her neck upward so I could......even though I didn't need to put more on......I told her again that I was going to put some more lotion on her neck....and she stretched her neck upward again.

A Great day already!!!!

The physical therapist worked with Paula for about an hr, they sat her on the side of the bed, then they stood her up! They praised Paula for what a great job she did, and Paula seemed real happy that they praised her and she tried to talk!

Rest.....

Yesterday and today, Paula has been sleeping. The nurse told me that Paula had been awake most of the last two nights.....and also, that the sedation medicine may need to be given in a lower dose.

They've told us that we can expect times that Paula will be alert.....and periods where she will sleep a lot.....anyway, we've had 11 days great progress......with no setbacks.....Praise God!!!

The Dr. felt that all of Paula's vital signs were good enough that they took all the monitors off of her, and they monitor her manually every few hours.

Uneventful....

Paula has had a good day...basically uneventful. She's been resting most of the day. With a brain injury, there is a fine line between stimulating them......and letting them rest. Both need to be done.....so I've been following Paula's lead, I (We) try to stimulate her when she's awake, then let her rest when she's asleep.....

Inaguration Day.....

I did not support Barack Obama.....he had less experience than Sarah Palin.....but.....he IS.....our president.....I have prayed today for God to give he and his family protection, to give him success in the areas that he aligns himself to God's word, to give him failures when he does not align himself with God's word......to give him Godly wisdom, Godly guidance.....in all matters.

Please look at these two websites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE73OoC-njM&feature=related

Hurray for Paul Broun......

I couldn't post it.....but listen to Rick Warren's prayer at the inaguration......."In Jesus Name!!!"

Headache......

Paula had a good day today. This morning when I got there, she looked more alert, more peaceful, and better than she has since the accident.

The Physical Therapist sat her on the side of the bed, and worked with her. They would lean her forward, and tell her to sit up straight, and she would.....then shift her to one side and tell her to sit up straight, sometimes she did, sometimes she didn't.....but she WAS trying.

Her bed quit working properly, so they had to change it out. They had already planned on putting her on an "incline" chair/bed, so they did. After a little while, she started rubbing her head with the left hand, then the right.....and so forth. While she wasn't rubbing her head, I had my hands there so she could hold them.....then I noticed that REALLY rubbed her head a lot with her left hand, then returned it to my hand, then started back again......I said, "Paula, if your head is hurting, squeeze my hand." She wasted no time at all, returning her hand to mine and squeezing it!!!!!

I cannot, and do not believe that there is anything "wrong" with Paula, that God is not healing day by day......."Faith is the substance....... of things not seen, the evidence.......of things not seen!" Hebrews 11:1

Discouragement.....and.... Joy!

One of the nurses told me Thursday night, that she could tell that Paula was a loved woman, thank you for the love you've shown.

I was discouraged as I was going to the hospital this morning because of the restless day Paula had yesterday and her lack of responses.

This morning when I got their, I pulled off her booties, and rubbed her feet, legs, arms, and face with lotion, and massaged her feet and legs. She was a little restless....but not bad, so I took off some of her leg/hand restraints, and she seemed to relax more. She still had a mitten on her left hand, so she wouldn't grab any tubes. They took her off of oxygen around 6 this morning, and her O2 saturation levels remained between 90-96% all day.

Scott called and said they were on the way, so I ask him to bring my toe nail clippers. We went to lunch when they got there, and I cut her toe nails after we got back around 1:30.....she wanted to roll on her side, so Scott and I helped her and put pillows behind her back, and she seemed to like it, still unrestrained for the most part.

Not much was happening, Paula was resting pretty well, she woke up around 3, she had her eyes open, so I got close to her face and started telling her how much progress she had made this week and how great she was doing and everything was going to be fine.....I told her the things that I had done for her today........AND low and behold.....she moved her left hand/arm appx 18" and touched my face....then drew it away!!!! I said, "Paula, Thank you, I sure did like that......would you do it again?" So she DID!!!! I told her thank you again. I said, "thank You Jesus, thank You Jesus, thank You Jesus," and Paula reached up and touched my face again!!!! I then took her mitten off, and held her hand and said, "Paula, would you squeeze my hand?" She did! I thanked her for it. I said, "Paula, that was GREAT!!!! Would you do it again?" And she did again...... so I thanked her again.

Our God IS GREAT.....He still does miracles!!!!