7.12.08

Just one more day...Steve's return date home has now been moved to Tuesday. That's because a pulmonologist in Huntsville insisted that there is no way that Steve should return home without having a second, backup vent. He has one, but he needs another in case of emergency. The additional day will allow time for them to acquire the second vent.

On an extremely uplifting note, I want to share a story about a little girl named Kelsey, the daughter of MaryAnn and Joe's friends from Birmingham. Kelsey had been following Steve's progress and told her mom that she wanted to sell lemonade on the 4th of July to raise money for Steve. So Kelsey and her little brother Chance sat at their stand from early in the morning until late afternoon, and raised over $500 pedaling lemonade! People were dropping off checks until the very last minute. Steve and his family are so grateful to you Kelsey and Chance! And the rest of us are so inspired by your efforts.

Steve continues to deal with a lot of discomfort. There is tingling in his hands and legs. I don't know the exact reason for this, but I believe it's due to nerve ending still responding to the injury, it doesn't mean that he's regaining feeling. I don't want to give anyone false hope. Although of course, we maintain massive hope every single second of the day. Yesterday, when Steve's physical therapist did a check to see if he felt pressure when she applied it to different parts of his body--he responded at one point saying something like, oh, that's sharp! She got excited and said, you felt that? He replied no, I'm just kidding. We are blown away by Steve's sense of humor.

Let's all pray that his day today is painfree.