Tuesday, August 17, Day 4 at Home

Things are really looking great for Dad. He has been very busy the past two days with therapy, visits to the hospital, and to the surgeon. Most everything is very positive. He is trying to do his breathing exercises several times a day so that he can soon be without the oxygen at night. (Most of the time he doesn't need oxygen in the day time unless we take him on a walk around our neighborhood.) His appetite is a little better, and he is sleeping a little bit better at night, but usually ends up in his recliner by 4:00 a.m.

We continue to marvel at the miracles that we have watched as he has healed so quickly from such a critical accident. The doctor today told Dad all the things that he had anticipated to go wrong which would slow his recovery, none of them are things Dad has had to deal with. We know without a doubt that our Heavenly Father heard the prayers of so many and answered them in ways that were the best for Dad. We have all learned so much from this trial. Mom calls it our bumpy journey where we all learned more about prayer and faith. May we never forget this experience and how quickly life can change - how fragile life is, and how precious each of us are as we fill our roles in a family.