June 6 - June 14 2010

June 6^th. Jeep and I went to morning worship at Marvin United Methodist Church again. I don’t remember how many worship services we attended at Marvin UMC while in Augusta, but I think about six times during the two months we were there. We always felt very welcome and at home at this church. Many people here prayed for Joe and for us. Some made genuine offers to help in any way. One lady even offered for us to stay in her home! The youth minister and the pastor made trips to the hospital to see Joe. They offered these two strangers their love, prayers and support when they saw our need. I only hope that we, at our churches, can be that generous and caring when we see the needs of others!

June 8^th . Joe has had tubes and IVs in every orifice except his ears! Today he was glad to get one of them removed. They took out the line that has been in his artery the whole time to measure his blood pressure with every heartbeat. They also let him sit on the side of the bed for a bit. He said it felt weird.

June 9^th . Joe took a few steps in his ICU room today! This is the 3^rd anniversary of our wedding. Jeep managed to call and have a dozen red roses delivered to the apartment as a surprise for me!  I thought this was so sweet and thoughtful of him! I would have taken them for Joe to enjoy, but he can’t have flowers in the ICU.


June 10^th. Joe walked out in the hall of the ICU, about 14 feet. They are planning to start removing tubes and IVs to get him ready to move to Re-Hab on the 6^th floor.

June 12. Jeep and I came home for a few days while Kay’s sister, Amy, her husband, Ronnie and Joe and Kay’s children, Kym and Jesse come and visit. Kay called with a good report on Joe. He is detached from the BM tube and he took a long walk.

June 13^th. Joe is free of all the tubes and walked all around the ICU hall...twice! The PICC line will remain in his arm until he is dismissed, just in case they need to give him medication quickly. He will be going to Re-Hab soon.

June 14^th . They discovered a small blood clot in Joe’s leg and are giving him medicine to dissolve it.