Another round

We expect to receive the results of the Doppler test they ran on Mike some time this week. We're hoping this will give them a better idea of what's going on. Mike has an appointment with the Neurologist in Abilene tomorrow. We want to meet with this guy so that we have someone here to work with...in addition to the one in Dallas.

Mom has been calling the doctors in Dallas to see if we can get those appointments moved up. The Hematologist is the doctor they really want him to see, so we'll start with that one first. If they are able to move up the appt., then we'll call the Dallas Neurologist and try to do the same so we can save a trip.

I talked to Mike last night and he said he was tired. Normal daily activities still take a toll on him. He has to stop and rest regularly, as you can imagine. I told him about me and Dad hitting the lake and wake boarding. He laughed a lot about that. Dad was going crazy. I guess he decided to wake board for Mike since Mike isn't able to board yet. It's pretty funny to see a 53 year old get out there and act like he's 20. Hmmmm, I wonder if he can walk today? Ha ha! Dad, you did great! It was a lot of fun.

Mike has been pretty bored lately. His daily schedule usually includes, either Mom, Dad or Becky driving him around a little to collect money from customers and check up on the lawn crew that's out there working for him. As I said before, this really makes him tired. He usually heads home to rest after that. We are trying to think of some activities to help him stay occupied and continue his recovery. Any of you that are creative, email me your ideas. I'm hoping that PT and speech therapy will give him some things to do at home as well. If you have time to visit, give him a call and go by play scrabble or watch Jeopardy with him or something.

I'll cover a couple of the most pressing prayer requests at this time. Obviously, the doctors need your prayers. Please pray that they are able to figure out everything that's going wrong and get Mike on the road to recovery...further down the road I guess, because he's already on it. We really are thankful for his progress, but it's been so hard for him not to be able to do the "normal" things. Pray for Mike's short-term memory. He seldom can remember what the doctors say or when his appointments are scheduled. Becky and mom have that taken care of though. I just wanted to give you an example of the things he can't remember. Hopefully he'll conveniently forget the Mavs performance in the playoffs last season! This seems a little petty, but pray for those appointments and when they are scheduled. It would be nice to have them scheduled sooner, but at the very least, pray that they'll be able to work with either Becky, Mom and Dad, or my schedule. All of our employers have been very generous as we've supported Mike through this, but there is still a long road ahead.

Thanks again for all that you