Day 40 - July 25 - Blessings

Well another day is coming to an end, and it has been a pretty good day. Connor is now resting on the red Roto-Rest bed that he actually likes...and he is doing pretty good, fever is staying controlled by Motrin, and he is resting a bit drugged tonight. His neck and head are really hurting tonight from all the movement from bed to bed. Our son is a bit of a giant, and moving him is not an easy feat by any means. So I think they did a lot of tugging and pulling trying to get him positioned in the bed, and he is feeling it tonight.

A few blessings - Remember those purple lines? Connor has been taking random breaths on his own, including one I saw today which was a full-blown breath. I asked him "did you do that?", and he didn't know what I was talking about. His diaphragm had drawn an subconscious breath, without him thinking about it! Cherié observed more of those this evening while he was sleeping. While I can't say he's now breathing on his own, he is initiating some breaths. I'll take that baby step!

Also, this afternoon Connor told me "I think I'm moving my fingers". So I looked closely, and I thought I saw a very slight movement. I wasn't sure, so I asked three nurses to come look with me. I told Connor to keep doing it, and we all stared very, very closely at his right hand. Three of the four of us thought we were seeing his index finger twitch, just a little bit! The fourth guy didn't see anything.

I don't know if I saw it, or if I just want to see it so badly. But I am praying it's the first step in regaining his mobility.

We also had a great time with some friendly faces today, some from Morgan Hill and some new friends from Fresno, and even some folks we'd never met who dropped by to pray with us. Connor was blessed with seeing the friendly faces, and so were we.

So we say goodnight tonight - Connor is resting peacefully. Thank you all for your continued prayers, and thank You, Lord, for your provision through the day.