Today M was moved to a private room, which means we now have chairs we can sit in and the visiting hours are vastly expanded. We've brought in a CD player and have music playing for him and posters and photos right where he can see. All this is to stimulate M's brain to preserve old connections and make new ones. He seemed very interested in watching the children and he seems to respond on occasion to requests for him to open his mouth.
M's sister and I also visited TIRR to learn more about it and the admission process. He'll probably be evaluated Monday by a nurse manager, who, together with a physician at TIRR, will decide if he's ready to benefit from their services. It's an amazing place, so please pray he'll be ready.
I have always loved the verse below. M and I are people of the word. The Word can mean the Bible, the Word of God, and we are devoted Christians. But also we love words. Reading and speaking give us pleasure and we each earn our livings by skillful understanding and use of words. The neurosurgeon said last week that once M said his first word, the pace of improvement would accelerate. Please pray that the word, in all senses, is preserved or will be restored for M.
God bless you all. Thank you for your prayers, concern, and help.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. John 1: 1-9
