Dad's Coming Home Christmas Eve!

We have received the official discharge news, dad will be coming home Christmas eve. We have been busy this week learning everything we can to take care of him at home. Sorry I have been behind on posting. There is so much to learn!!! Dad seems happy. He uses the calendar we took him and marks off each day like a child anticipating Christmas day. Of course, we are very happy to have such an awesome gift this Christmas of dad back. We are also very nervous about the huge responsibility of his care, but are leaning on God and our family and friends to help us thru this special season in our lives. Our uncle Tommy Sowers is building the wheelchair ramp Saturday and the medical equipment will be arriving this week. We are planning on leaving Winchester Monday at 1pm. . . it almost seems surreal. I can't imagine the emotions we are all gonna feel bringing him home for the first time. Please continue to pray for dad's healing - he still has a very long road ahead. He continues to get stronger on the left side, but the damage to his brain causes the inability to know how to use it - we still have to assist him with everything from bathing, dressing, bathroom, and of course he has not even taken a step yet. Remember, I just said "yet" - because I believe with all of my heart that dad will walk again one day. Believe that with us!!! Our feeling is that when he returns to his familiar setting of home, that it will help with his mental healing too and that we will continue to see improvement and progress. We will be staying with mom everyday - taking turns among siblings - until he gets well enough. His therapy will continue at home several days a week as well.

This will definitely be a Christmas we will forever remember and be forever thankful for the simple gift of life - thank you God!