Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Hello Everybody,

Thank you for all of your words of support and comfort. I know my last posting was a little bit down, but I just felt like I had to purge my emotions. My friend Jackie told me to try to compartmentalize. We did this when we worked in the emergency room, at PGHC. When you walked in the ER at the beginning of your shift, it was absolutely overwhelming. There were so many patients in there who were injured, ill, experiencing symptoms of heart attack, strokes, MVA, traumatic injury, not to mention their family members who were also in a state of shock. What she reminded me, was that we would simply start to do our jobs, focusing on one task at a time, and somehow we would make it through the day. Truly, that was what I needed to be reminded to do. You know I can get overwhelmed when I think of all of the hurdles we have to jump, but once again, we will jump one at a time. Jackie, you are my role model. Thank you again for being my "big sister". (I have probably said this to her, more than I can remember) Jackie is an absolutely beautiful, EXCELLENT nurse, who is my absolute role model, as far being an accomplished successful loving wife, mother, and nurse.
Now, let me tell you some great news. John went to the University of Maryland neuro-spinal unit today for his first two week check-up. He had a follow-up CT and CT angiogram. Everything looked great and in fact, his one vertebral artery that was "clotted", is now receiving "some blood flow". Isn't that amazing!! We are so excited. John feels like he has reached such a milestone. He really feels like he is moving toward his recovery. What a blessing. We are humbled, once again.
Now, I must speak about our friends, Brenda and Nick, and Bernie and Clyde. They are just our absolute "bestest" friends. We all have experienced raising our children, working through the days when we were all so poor, but we were always happy. We had a great time together, laughing and loving our little babies, and then they all grew into our precious adult children. We have had some of the best memories of our lifetime. I just wanted to say thank you to the four of you. We are so lucky to have you in our life.