Sunday, December 02, 2007

more good news

My dad appears to be getting better. Mom said he's groggy from the medicine, but his mental state is much better! Thank you, God! Yesterday afternoon Haley & I went in the room to visit him; at first he was still pretty disoriented. We stepped out for a minute while they put a tube down his throat for some medicine. When we went back in, I asked him if he knew my name and he said "Mistrola" which is a nickname he's called me for as long as I can remember. Then we asked who Haley was and he said "Nerd"; their nickname for each other. It was such a relief to realize that he knew who we were. After a couple of minutes he asked where Mom was & wanted me to go get her. Shortly after that he was given some medicine to rest so we all left. Mom & Haley called me later & said that he was doing even better still. The whole time he'd been in the hospital we'd been looking for the phone number of a good friend of his, but we couldn't find it anywhere. They asked him if he remembered Terry and he said, "Sure"; then they asked him if he knew his phone number & he rattled it off. So, I was able to call him last night & let him know what's going on. He went by & visited Dad today & it sounds like that really helped & encouraged Dad.

I'm so thankful that he seems to be getting better, and that his mind is coming back to normal. I can't imagine what life would be like without my dad, even if he was here physically but not mentally. Thankfully it seems I won't have to find out for a long time.

Thank you again to all of you who've been praying for us; I can't beging to tell you how much it means to me.

5 comments:

The Flower Maiden said...

I'm so glad to hear he's doing well and coming back to his old self! I'll continue to pray that he makes a quick recovery! (((hugs)))

Rebecca said...

I'm so glad to hear the good news!

laurel said...

I'm so glad he's doing better!

Zoe said...

i'm glad to here that things are looking up! take care

Ingramranch said...

I am so sorry to hear that your Dad has been ill, but I am so glad that he is doing better! I will pray for his healing and for your Mother in law as well! We love you all bunches and miss you terribly!

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