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**UPDATE FOR ALL YOU CRAZY, FAITHFUL PRAYER WARRIORS**:  got a phone call from sara, kenny's nurse, on my way home from the hospital and he responded to two commands she gave him.  praise you, God, for Your goodness and graciousness.

*UPDATE* i unexpectedly had a few extra minutes, and wanted to give God praise for some amazing things happening.  thinking this would be especially important to do as i wait.  hope for.  and expect Him to do great things for ken's neurological responses. they're below the original post. 

today, i am so thankful that ken's oxygen levels on the ventilator are good.  he's shown a lot of improvement in this area, and this was our number one concern.  he also has both chest tubes taken out.  basically, he is doing more pulmonary work on his own than before.  it's been great to see some forward-motion with his lungs.  i am so so grateful to the Lord for working on this.

another amazing praise in ken's recovery is that he's recovering well from pelvis surgery.

the doctor has lowered kenny's sedation, so he has been quicker to open his eyes when asked.  this is wonderful, and of course, such a gift for me even if it only lasts a couple seconds.

he has been struggling to obey any other neurological commands, which was what prompted the trauma doctor to order a head CT on friday.  since lowering his sedation, not much has changed, and this is surprising to the doctors (the word actually used was "disturbing".)

tomorrow kenny will get an EEG to further rule out any neurological complications.

i am pleading with God for this test to show no problems, and that ken would start responding.  and i am in such need of peace.  to be quite vulnerable, neurological damage has been my primary fear this entire process.  i am certain the Enemy of my heart is at work here, and i'm trying to place my confidence in the Lord alone.  but it's hard.

would you please pray with me over the next couple days, for no issues to be found with ken's head, and that this would all be because of his sedation medication, the anesthesia from surgery, and pain medication?

thank you for standing in the gap with me.

"let thy goodness, like a fetter

bind my wandering heart to thee

prone to wander 

Lord, i feel it

prone to leave the God i love

here's my heart

O take and seal it

seal it for thy courts above"

{come, thou fount of every blessing} 


thank you, jesus....
~ i've been able to enjoy kenny with his eyes open, even if it's just for a moment
~ we ask ken a question, and two different times i saw him nod "yes"
~ his vitals are wonderful
~ (like i said above) his oxygen has been as strong as ever, and his next step is a trecheostomy
~ amazing medical staff, especially sara and how she knew what i needed friday
~ fevers no longer being an issue, so wonderful
~ the pneumonia is improving
~ being able to start weaning him off some of the sedation

and this is just for the past day or so.  we're so blessed.