Day 3......

Wow - what a difference in Matt today. Its like night and day. This morning when I walked into his room around 7am -his eyes were open and he said "hey there". He looked sooooo good today!! Praise the Lord! He basically only had pain medication a couple times today. He went from 4am to 2pm before asking for more and then he requested more around 8pm. Today he was able to get up out of his bed twice and even went for a very short walk! He also spent most of the day with the head part of his bed raised up in a sitting like position - so that when he does get out of bed he is not so dizzy. The super good news is that tonight he got to have the drain tube out of his nose that snaked down to his stomach. It was beginning to really bug him and he was elated to get it out. They also removed his catheter (sp?) today. His special treat tonight was a double orange popsicle...ahh the little things in life that can make someone so happy.

I started reading a book to Matt today that my mom had picked up for him. Its the new book by Ohio State Football Coach -Jim Tressel and its called the Winners Manual (i think) ... anyway I think a person would expect it to be all about football - but we just barely read 10 pages in it and it is just a wonderful book on the aspect of winning the game of life and evaluating your personal relationship with God. I can't wait to read more!

It was a wonderful day and I was so encouraged by Matt's progress today - as I sit here tonight by myself - I already can't wait to get back to the hospital to see him. It is so hard to leave him there at night.

God is good - all the time! I am so thankful for what he has done so far and for all that he will continue to do on the road ahead of us.

Good night all!