Update January 4, Sunday 8:45 PM: Well, today started rough. (Beginning at 4:00 AM), but got better as the day went on. We moved to a telemetry room tonight (goodbye ICU!) Micah is beginning to remember some things today which is great, but also hard at the same time. He was able to spontaneously remember the event where he forgot who I was and went ballistic, causing them to have to restrain and sedate him. He begged me to forgive him, but there was no need for that. I told him the infection did that, my Micah would never, ever hurt me. I cried along with him. I figure this week has been a taste of what it is like to see your beloved be stolen by Alzheimers or dementia. Thank God my situation was only temporary and day by day, my sweetheart is returning to me. I cannot imagine that being a permanent reality. I am still trying to figure out the lesson in all of this, because I know God doesnt allow us to experience trials such as this without some thing He tries to teach us. I know this...I have learned how much I truly love him. I have learned exactly how resilient he truly is and I have learned in his moments of raw honesty exactly how much I mean to him. Not sure if that is all the lessons God intended, but I sure hope so. I can never thank you all enough for the prayers and words of encouragement. I ask that you continue to pray specifically for these things: First, full restoration of the mind. Second, that God gives the doctors wisdom tomorrow as they do his evaluation and work up for the long-term care unit where he will continue to receive IV treatments to completely eradicate the infection and therapy to regain all of his motor skills. Third, please pray that God blesses the fundraiser we started. For the first time today, Micah asked me how much was all this costing. I hate for him to worry about that when his focus needs to be on getting better. (See my earlier post to share the GoFundMe link) Your prayers have sustained us this week. I cannot express enough gratitude to fully convey how much I appreciate each and every one of you.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 02:44:28 +0000