Sunday, June 8, 2008
Sunday
I havent seen Richard since Thursday. I've had school the last couple of days. I have checked on him daily by speaking with his nurse. He does seem to retain that Christie was in the accident with him. He has visited her several times in her room. The nurse said he seems to be taking it okay but he does seem depressed. They will speak to the doctor Monday about changing his medications around to fix this before it becomes a problem. He doesnt do therapy over the weekend so he just hung around. Im not sure what bed he is in now. :) I'll be with him all day tomorrow during all three therapy sessions and Ill be able to tell you how far he has come. Also next week, Richard's monthly progression meeting is coming up. Its a meeting where I sit down with everyone who has any contact directly with him from his therapists, case managers. doctors, dietician...etc. They show me where he has come and where he is now. They also show me where they think he will be by next meeting. Its a time to ask questions and share concerns. Im looking forward to that because although I know he has progressed greatly, its nice to look at it on paper and see just how far. Its encouraging for me.
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Who ever has been tying in all the trash, should give decent people a break. All people are trying to do is offer there help. You should be ashamed of yourself. All that is important, is the welfare of those involved. Smarten up. People like you should ask God for forgivness. I won,t try to hide my name. I"m angies aunt beverly. Everyone should try and pull together and help, not try and pull people away from some one who needs love and security. God helps those who helps themselves. Your just so lucky to have them alive. I personelly know what its like to loose. I lost my husband in november, after 30 years, and its sad to be alone. Consider yourself blessed to still have someone to enjoy, no matter what the price is thatyou still have to pay. Both the parties envolved, still have a fighting chance for life, so help each other, and not let this turn into a money situition. Thats what it seems to be all about. Beverly martel ferraro. P.S. Angie and philip, please keep up the great work your doing, as i'm so proud of you both.
May God be with each of you . The most important thing is to keep our thoughts and prayers on Richard and Christie and everyone in the family. This is so hard on everyone. Trust in God. He has a plan for all. God Bless you all. Please keep the updates coming because i am praying for Richard and Christie. God bless.
Monday, June 9, 2008
weekend with Christie and Richard
Hello everyone,
This may be along blog, if I can remember everything from the weekend. The plane was late, so we didn't get to FINR until 7:00 P.M Friday night. We saw Richard right away, he was at the nurses station. He saw Mom and Me and got very emotional. He said " hey everyone(talking to the nurses.) This is my ex-wife, but always my best friend and my mother-in-law. Now you have met almost all of my family.
We talked with Richard for awhile, he didn't know I have been keeping up with Him and Christie the whole time, so he wanted to warn me, so I would know what to expect when I saw Christie. I told him it was OK, that I have been there, He was just asleep when I was there and didn't see me before.
Richard said he had seen Christie that day and he was upset by it, but by the end of the weekend, I think he is going to be strong for Christie and help her as she starts the progress he has made.
Christie has a throat infection because of the trach, but is normal and being treated with antibiotics. We took Christie outside in her chair(lays down like a bed) for a few minutes Sat and Sun. She is still in the coma, but we believe there are different levels. Christie can hear you when you talk to her. She smiled a lot this weekend. She is trying to communicate, I asked her was she ready to come back inside, I said if you are blink once, she did, then I said, I'm not sure you really meant yes, so if you want to go in, give me a thumbs up, she did. We came in. I accidentally took her to her Dads room, Richard had been outside with us. After I got her settled in the room I realized it was the wrong room. I said Christie, I brought you to your dad;s room by mistake, she smiled all over the place.
Richard seemed to enjoy our visit, while Christie slept, I would go for walks with Richard, Mom and I played BINGO with him in the common room. Richard seems to remember a lot, he brought up people we use to know over 20 years ago. He talked of pleasant memories that he recalled from our past, He remembered the pet names he had for Mama, he called her Mama cheese whiz, Mammaw and I can't remember the other, but he did, he remembered when I was coming to visit from day to day, he was waiting by the door Sat and Sunday when we got there. He said what took you so long, I've been waiting for you. I remember you said you would be here in the morning and if I was still asleep, you would wake me up.
He is determined to take care of Christie, If he is cold, he will go to Christie's room and turn off her fan. I told him I was glad he was there to look after Christie and take care of her, he said that WE would take care of her together and I told him yes we would.
He liked some of Christie's pictures, so I made copies, and he had me rearrange his wall of pictures. He put them where he wanted them and I taped them in place. They had been on his bulletin board, but he said he couldn't see them from his chair, so we moved them.
Christie also raised her head up several times. Paula and Aaron also came to visit Friday and Sunday. Christie seemed to enjoy their visit as well. Richard also joined us. Richard slept really well Saturday night and took 2 naps at least 2 hours each Sunday.
I'm glad Richard knows Christie is there, so now Angie and Phillip can visit her again without fear of Richard following them and finding out about Christie.
also we are looking for them to try and cap her trach this week, I call everyday for updates on Christie, but with Angie there in person, maybe she can put more current updates than I, so keep checking Richard and Christie's blog.
Becky
Also for current pictures of Christie go to http://bringchristiehome.blogspot.com/
Posted by Becky Williams at 10:02 PM 0 comments
Hello Angie,
Just wanted to tell you how great it is to see Richard up and around.
He really looks good for all that he has been through.
He is restless and bored, but he has always been so active I can understand how hard this is for him.
He is in and out of Christie's room checking on her. It is so precious to see that fatherly love. He loves his children more then his own life. He will ask his attendant to let him give Christie a kiss and they will hold on to his safty belt and let him stand up and lean over to give her a kiss.
It's been a while since I've been able to check the updates, but sorry to read there have been more negative comments. You just need to remember that God is still in charge of this situation and both of them are alive for a reason. Thank God for whatever that reason may be, and God will continue to take care of them.
If you don't mind when you go in to see Christie and Richard, please give them both a kiss for me.
As always,
Mary Hudson, Christie's Mamaw and Richard's ex-mother-in-law.
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