This is an update that you all would have liked to receive yesterday but because I was quite busy getting ready to go home it did not get done before, now. Stanley and Tina and Hertha had a chat with Doctor Matteo yesterday at 6:30. Later during our 7:30 visit with Abe, a specialist for shoulder injuries, Dr. Aldana, came in to explain Abe’s shoulder injury.  He said it is not necessary to do a surgery on the arm, only some therapy. Abe has been improving a lot since Friday. It was a thrill to see him wake up more. He has greeted Mom and Dad and Stanley and Tina and the doctor with a smile. His eyes are open more than half of the time we were in his room. He wrinkles his forehead to open his eyes really wide, rubs his eyes and scratches his nose, turns his head a lot , to change position and  toward noises. Hertha was sitting close to him trying to make her tablet take a picture of him and he made an effort to reach toward the tablet.

  The main concern at this point is that his brain, stomach and intestines are slow in functioning together. Yet , he says that his brain waking up more the way it is doing now will speed up this function as well. Let us pray urgently for this area to function well. This is the only thing that stands in the way of his moving out of the ICU and start giving him supplements again.

   Other than that the news is very encouraging. The doctor talked of doing a catscan on Friday, which has not happened possibly because the doctor was kind of busy, and an EEG early this week. Doctor Matteo says the EEG is  now a waste of money because the visible progress Abe is making is a far better test than the EEG would be. He says Abe is doing very good and he especially mentioned  the facial expressions Abe is making are a very good sign. The catscan sounds like the doctor will do early in the week.

    There is so much to praise God for but we also need to pray for more healing.

                                                                                                                               Betty