more thanksgiving

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I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart;

I will tell of all Thy wonders.

I will be glad and exult in Thee;

I will sing praise to Thy name O Most High.


I say 'amen'!

more and more good news

however

it seems they are going to wait to

take her off the bipap at night

but today, they put in the smallest trach tube

that they could find and

she doesn't have the oxygen hooked-up to her tube anymore

she's breathing on her own!!

-with her new lungs and doing great!


today, we did a lot of texting and instant messaging

and we know now how to send pictures back and forth

-her hair is so long and beautiful -a sight for sore eyes



she's feeling good, looking good, eating good (massive amounts) and

breathing on her own!

another one bites the dust

we texted each other this morning

she told me that today they will be replacing

her 'trach tube' with a smaller one

(the smallest they got!)

and that maybe, just maybe

they will get rid of the BIPAP machine

that's the machine that 'helps' her breathe at night

she (probably) no longer needs it!!


and yet another machine is gone


thank you lord and thank you all too!

she talks!!!!

there's so much good news today

i don't even know where to begin

it began when she texted me at 5:51 am

-to tell me it was a good day and that she can now shower (whew)

and then went on to tell me all the food she's been eating

cheeseburgers and pizza and for breakfast yesterday she had

a turkey dinner!!


they are gonna do surgery wednesday on her vocal cords

-to try and repair the paralysis on the left side


then my cell phone rang...

IT WAS HER!

TALKING!!

-so sweet and soft, she covers the hole in her trach tube

and it works, it was hard for her to talk

i was so overcome with emotion, that i could hardly talk

we talked for a good while, she got tired

it was like i was dreaming, i couldn't believe my ears


what a miracle this day has been

it's been seven weeks since i've heard her voice

i'm so happy and we all are so blessed!

(Great) CarePage Update

FROM HER MOM...

Hi Everyone,
The doctor came in to see us around 9 PM last night.
I asked if we could give Acacia the nausea and pain medicine
around the clock so that she doesn't wake up with a problem,
and stop the tube feed that she was on as I thought that was the original one in ICU that was giving her the diareheria.
He agreed and today Acacia woke up feeling more like herself.
She walked the length of the floor twice!
She hasn't had any more diareheria and her nausea and pain are much better.
She has started eating, and her appetite seems to be improving.
She is 96 pounds.
A little pixie, but her smile is back.
The doctor came by this morning and I asked if I could take her in a wheel chair
off the floor just to give her something different.
He let me take her with oxygen, she was so happy.
I hope Acacia continues to progress and get stronger,
I know they keep reminding us that she may backslide a bit,
but it was just great to have Acacia back.

THANKFULNESS

i heard from her this morning

we did a little texting

(i love it when we do a little texting)

she said that the drugs she's on are

making her hair and nails really grow

also that they're doing the swallow tests

and that she can't keep anything down

it goes in and then come right back out

we decided that her stomach needs to get used to food again

-but what do we know...


BACK TO THANKSGIVING AND BEING THANKFUL...

thankfulness reinforces my hope and my faith

when i remember and thank god for all he's already done

my trust in him gets stronger and

i look all the more forward

-and can't wait to see

what he will do next

nothing

i called back to pittsburgh

4 times

got nowhere

the phones just keep ringing and ringing

-from one to another to another

'please hold on'

for over 25 minutes

that's enough (for now)