Mom Update

Yesterday was Savannah’s second birthday. We weren’t as involved with this birthday as we would have liked to have been. Linda likes to “go all out” for her grand-girls. She missed being able to talk normal to her, shopping and wrapping a dozen or so gifts, but this birthday was a little different and Savannah won’t remember that “MeMe” wasn’t able to be involved with the celebration – but Linda will remember.

(Daughter insert---when I put Savannah to bed last night, I said, "Happy Birthday, baby" and she said, "Cake?" I said, "Yeah, you had cake, didn't you?" and she said, "Meme?" The two things she remembered were eating cake and talking to Meme on the phone. )

She had a pretty good week-end with a few set backs here and there but for the most part she has made improvement. Her voice is still very weak. In fact, I have to be real close to her to understand what she is saying. Some have mentioned calling her but I don’t think she is up to receiving phone calls just now. However, she said she would like to have visitors. I have been able to wheel her around the hospital in a wheel chair, even outside to the patio, several times.

Yesterday, she sat up most of the day and we had devotions together and played a complete game of Phase 10. Pastor and Mrs. Frasher came by for awhile in the afternoon. He called for a special prayer meeting for Linda after the morning service inviting those who wanted to pray for Linda to a classroom at church. He said there were 30-40 present and they all prayed. This meant a lot to Linda and she wept as she learned of this special show of concern.

The hardest time for her is at night. She hates the thought of being in a place without family being near. I stay as late as I can until she gets ready to fall asleep but visiting hours end at 8 PM. They have asked me to leave twice, once around 10 PM. I hate to leave her knowing she wants me close by. My prayer (and yours) is that she will learn to put her TOTAL confidence in God’s presence and know His peace when she is alone.

Today at 3:30 we have a meeting with her case worker to determine the future needs of her therapy and hopefully learn how long they expect the treatment to take. We don’t want to rush her home coming, but we want to get her back to Goldsboro as quickly as we can.

Keep Praying and Keep Looking Up,

Joe