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July 25, 2005
Chattering, July 25, 6 PM
yesterday, when hadrienne and i got back to atlanta, we found that asher had been talking non-stop all day and he never slowed down until they finally gave him something to help him sleep that night. it was all music to our ears. his speech has improved tremendously. he barely talks in syllables anymore. the problem he is having now is finding the right words. he seems to know what he wants to say, but he can't say the right words for it. like calling his bed a tree, only you don't know that he is talking about his bed, so you have no idea what he is trying to tell you sometimes.
the other area is judgement. the front of the brain is where your judgement center is and that is probably where the greatest degree of concentration of his brain injury took place. most people who have a brain injury will generally have another one later on. the reason being that their capacity to use good judgement can be greatly altered. so they may do something risky because their judgement has been affected that may lead to their injuring their brain again. the odds are really very high for this.
i am back in chattanooga. seems like i was just here yesterday. oh yeah, i was. the good news is the trip doesn't seem like it takes as long the more i do it. one reason i am back is to try and arrange to get a lot of our furniture moved out of the house this saturday. i am trying to make arrangements for storage, man/woman power, etc. so i can come back for this. with the house continuing to show signs of damage to the walls it doesn't look like there is really any good place to store the furniture in the house. also,while i am here, i have to get rid of an infestation of fleas we have now that all of our dogs are out of the house. i have tried to get rid of them myself, but it doesn't seem to be working, so i am bringing in the big guns (the exterminator) tomorrow to get it done.
last night was the first night i can remember in quite a while that i have not been able to sleep, because some worry kept creeping in throughout the night. i am not certain what it was i was worrying about, now, but at the time it seemed worth doing. well, maybe not worth doing, but let's say that i just didn't seem to be able to help from doing it.
there is more i want to say, but i just don't have the time right now, plus the fleas and heat inside the house are finally getting to me. i will try back in the morning, because i will also have been able to have gotten the lastest update myself from gloria on how asher did today.
eveyday it seems like i find out about another person or group that finds out about asher and begins to pray for him, and us as well. who could ever be angry at a God who showed His love for us in such amazing ways like this. everytime someone contacts us to let us know that they are praying for us, what i hear is God saying "I love you." thank you all for continuing to be God's hands and feet and voice in our lives.
giving thanks for the music,
andy mendonsa
| By Andy Mendonsa | 06:14 PM
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Dear Andy and Gloria,
Earl and I and the kids keep you in our prayers every day...thank you for the privilege of lifting Asher and you all before the LORD. We are so grateful for God's keeping you all securely in His hands, and strengthening you for each day. We pray for grace and comfort for you beyond measure, and we rejoice that we can join with saints throughout the world, before the Throne of Almighty God, who is also the Great Physician. For I know that my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
In Christ,
Selah
Posted by: Selah Cross at July 26, 2005 12:31 AM
I hope the flea situation gets better.
Posted by: caitlin at July 26, 2005 09:37 PM
Fleas! Oh no! I empathize with you... Exterminators are definitely the way to go - home remedies just don't seem to get all of them and it really wrecks your morale to see them coming back.
Andy, words just can't describe my gratitude for your journal... thank you for reminding us again and again of God's great love, and thank you, as Selah said, for the privilege of lifting you and your family before the Lord.
Posted by: Shari at July 26, 2005 11:56 PM
