May 20 - Cairns, Australia

Every day brings new hope for Bobb's recovery. Each day he is saying and doing more though still confused sometimes. He has a long recovery ahead of him. The neurologist came today and was more optimistic at what he was seeing in Bobb. I still see more that is going on than the doctor so some of his diagnosis I don't agree with and think Bobb is further than the doctor thinks he is in some areas. There is some movement in his left leg now - though tiny its more than he had. He understands a lot of what he hears - but processing information is still hard. He had a comb in his hand and doesn't know what to do with it or he has a wash rag in his hand and doesn't know what to do with it. He is making more effort to speak all the time and gets unhappy when I don't understand :-) The neurologist during the discussion said that part of the reason Bobb is "groggy" is that he is depressed - I've known it for some time, but it wasn't because he was sleeping, because of his reaction to some other things. So they are putting him on antidepressants that are used for Stroke Victims. Lance called today and his sister Carmen at the hospital and I let them both speak to him. He knew both of them and tried responding to them. It also put him in tears, but the doctor had tried to tell me that a lot of the things that I thought he was understanding was because his "yes" and "no" answers were because he was taking visual cues from me. The telephone has no visual cues. He had a shower and a sit in the chair today - so he was out of the bed twice today - thanks to the magic of the hoist and the dedication of the nurses - it isn't easy :-)
I always lay on Bobb's chest and let him hug me and rub my back before I leave him in the evening. Tonight I asked him to pray - I told him that even though I might not know specifically what he was saying that God did. He prayed for us both - I didn't understand one word, until he got to Amen - BUT HE PRAYED!! Your ways, O God, are holy. What god is so great as our God? You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples. Psalm 77:13-14