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July 12, 2005
July 12, 9 PM
asher got to eat a cheeseburger tonight. who knows, maybe taco bell before we know it. they still haven't gotten his menu officially changed over now to solid food, and apparently this takes a doctor's order, but hopefully they will get that done before tomorrow is over. now that asher has gotten to eat solid food there will be no going back to "soup food."
occupational therapy also put a cast on his right arm in order to straighten it out. that was what they gave him the botox injections for. his right arm is the one that has been drawn up tight because of his brain injuries. hopefully this will work to stretch out his muscles. this has to be done before he regains use of it.
when i talked with gloria a few minutes ago she said that asher had had a good day but that he was really tired. i found this out for myself when i spoke to him. he barely wanted to talk to me which has not been his usual response. he has usually be pretty chatty. gloria and hadrienne also sound tired. moving asher to his new room on the third floor has made for increased weariness. please pray that they will get a good nights sleep. they both really need and could use it. asher could use a good nights rest as well. the present arrangement for him to take his naps in a common room with other patients throughout the day is not working for him too well. these rest times are really important for his recovery process.
my day of trying to get something done to begin the process for putting our house back together didn't get very far. chattanooga tree removal did get the rest of the tree cut up and hauled off. they were incredibly nice and they did an excellent job of not only getting the tree hauled off, but of also cleaning everything up around the house.
i have no idea what to expect of tomorrow, but i have a feeling that there will be new challenges to undertake. please pray for wisdom for all the decisions that have to be made for getting our house back together. right now i have to wait on the insurance company to let me know what they decide as far as the claim that they will give to us for repairing all the damage. i won't really be able to go any further until that happens. then once i know how much they will give us then i have to go through the process for getting the work done. if i were able to stay around for all of this i could act as my own contractor and line up the sub-contrators to do the work. since i can't be here all the time i will probably need to find someone that can do this for me or find a general contractor to take care of it for us.
Lord bless you all and thank you for all your prayers for our continuing, and in some ways, growing needs.
a little tired, a little weary, but eternally thankful,
andy mendonsa
| By Andy Mendonsa | 9:26 PM
