Yesterday Lee acquired a new status at The Center For Living. He was told that he holds the record for requiring the HIGHEST OXYGEN NEED for walking. He has to have 50 Liters to walk more than three laps around the 400 foot track. Yesterday he walked 5 laps but only with the high volume of O2. This gives you some idea of the challenge he has faced all along and how hard he has had to work to move from 20 feet on March 11 to 2000 feet today. He is getting stronger every day and yesterday was another first. He did not use the rolater to walk into and out of the center. He just pushes his double cylinder cart in front and walks along with no assistance.
This, of course, is good that he is able to demonstrate strength returning, but at the same time it also gives you a good perception of just how bad his lungs are and how desperate we are to get a new lung. We pray every day that this time comes soon. Lee would like for me to tell you that rehab is becoming easier and completing all the different phases can now be completed within the alloted time frame. He asks that you continue to pray for a good lung for him and to remember to pray that he will be able to endure this procedure without complications. He said to thank you for your continuing support.
Must share my visit with my grand neice, Camilla from Sacramento. She is a very beautiful almost 5 year-old with very curly blond hair and big blue eyes. During our tour of the courtyard, she said it was time to "cool our dogs." I, thinking she was talking about her imaginary dogs, Just said, "o.k." Come on, she said.....and I asked, where are your dogs? She pointed to her feet and said , let's put our dogs in the pool! It was good to have a good laugh with a 5-year old.
Lee has been invited to be part of a research program and will meet with a representative this afternoon. I will drop him off @ 12 and return for the caregivers class @ 3:40. Today is my day to lunch with the other caregivers. More later...............................Brenda
It is now 9:55 pm and I have been made aware of Lee's surgery, which is probably going on now. I pray that God will take care of Lee while on the table, give him strength to come through this with flying colors and that He will give you, Brenda, the strength to take care of Lee and yourself. Just know that there are lots of prayers going up for both of you right now and we are anxious for the outcome. Anxious to hear the good news from Charles later on.
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