Wednesday

hi friends!

good news to report. michael had a good night, without medication and without escaping his bed! yeah! when we got there this morning he greeted us well and told us about both our neurosurgeon and oncologist who had stopped by earlier. wow! we were impressed. this was a much improved michael. he was ready for a regular room. he had all his tubes detached, his catheter out (which may have been his favorite part) ate some breakfast and around 10:30 or so he was in his new room. he saw a physical, occupational and speech therapist today. he is definitely getting better. he will probably have to continue physical therapy and possibly speech therapy once he gets home. his balance is still pretty off, probably because he is still also seeing double. please pray for that! the blood in the brain is near the processing part of the brain which is why he is still having some issues communicating and understanding things. he would like to come home tomorrow, but we'll see what the doctors say. we have not talked to the oncologist yet. he is conferring with our specialist and we hope to hear something tomorrow. all the doctors seem to make their rounds early, so i'll be staying overnight with michael tonight. plus he still really needs to be with someone at all times. though he is in a regular room he is still not up for visitors quite yet. that may change tomorrow after another good night, we'll just have to wait and see. thanks for your continued love and support. we love all your wonderful emails and phone calls. they truly are encouraging. God is good! we want to praise Him through the good and bad. i'm sure there is a lot of each ahead of us and am thankful God will be with us through both! may we all rest in Him tonight!

love,
jen