From Brenda - Monday, 12/28/20 - 9 PM
Acts 20:24
“But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus.”
This was my verse of the day. I thought this was so appropriate after seeing Frankie today. You can read the story below and you will understand too.
Hey my friends. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. It was different this year, but it was still a good day. We will be opening our gifts when Frankie gets home, as that is what he has said he would like to do. So, if you see that my Christmas lights are still up in the middle of January, just remember that Frankie also asked me to leave them up until he gets home.
He is really remembering more and more every day. He still has short-term memory problems, and he still gets some things mixed up from the past, but he quickly remembers when queued. He remembers that he fell, although he still does not remember the fall, praise the Lord. He does tell everyone who asks him about it that he is a miracle as he lived through the fall. He states that he knows God has a plan for him and he is going to try to figure out what that plan may be.
Otherwise, he is doing very well. He is continuing to get stronger and stronger. He works hard in therapy and it shows. He says that he does not need all of the therapy equipment that they use there; all he needs is determination and he will get stronger. Of course, the determination is necessary, but we also need the expertise that the therapists give him every day.
His trache site is almost completely healed. The pressure wounds look so much better, with one of them being almost completely healed. However, he still has a good deal of healing to do in the second wound. Because of this, he is in bed other than for therapy and at meals. He does eat everything that they send him on his tray. He is still on pureed foods and he is still getting some tube feedings as he needs a lot of calories to help with the skin healing. Frankie does not like being in bed so much, but he does not like much about being in the hospital at all. He wants to come home, which is closer than it has ever been. He is still tentatively scheduled to come home on January 5th.
He did ask the nurse today to tell him all of the medicine he was taking. He also wanted to know if he would be on all of the medicines he was on there when he got home. He is planning already on what he has to have when he gets home. They are slowly discontinuing some of his medications, which is a good sign.
His eyesight is getting better. He does not even realize it, but it is. He can read more and more every day. He notices things on the television and points them out to me. He is also working the television remote, for the most part. This remote works the television, the lights in the room, and the computer system that shows us his schedule for every day, as well as other information. I cannot really work this remote. I am sure Jacob would laugh at this statement.
So, here are some praises for you.
He is able to participate so much more in his activities of daily living.
He can stand up on his own strength. He cannot walk yet without help, but that is coming.
His trache site is almost healed.
One pressure wound is almost completely healed.
Some of his medications have been discontinued.
His eyes are getting better every day.
Prayer requests:
Continue to pray for his eyes to get clearer and clearer.
Continue to pray for the pressure wound to heal.
Continue to pray for him to gain strength in all extremities, specifically his right arm.
Pray for his balance to continue to improve.
Pray for his voice. He can speak, but his speech is not as clear as it can be. He gets frustrated with this as he has to repeat himself many times a day as we cannot totally understand him. He does talk fast at times, but it also is a result of the brain injury. Please pray for it to become clear again.
He has it in his head that he is coming home on Tuesday, January 5th. Please pray that if this does not happen, he will accept that this is the best place for him to be.
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