WONDERFUL NEWS CAROLYN. DOT JO ----- Original Message ----- From: <Csg228@aol.com> To: <down-home-chatter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:54 PM Subject: [DOWN-HOME-CHATTER] Fwd: Ryan News > Thought I would let you all know that Ryan is doing ok so far. This family > has so much Faith and Strength as you can tell by the Mom > Carolyn > > > > ____________________________________ > > To: Csg228 > Sent: 9/23/2009 12:40:43 P.M. Central Daylight Time > Subj: Fwd: Ryan News > > > Ryan Cunningham News > Tues., Sept. 22, 10:30pm > Posted 12 hours ago > Yah, totally different than the first time following brain surgery… > At 7:30pm, he asked me to get a pen and paper and dictated an order for > me > to pick up at the nearest Subway: > 1 -6 inch sandwich > whole grain wheat > Ham > white american > 1 tomato > lettuce > mayo > mustard > and Sprite to drink > After I got back with it, he looked to take a bite and started crying – > "it isn‘t white bread, that‘s not what I ordered". I showed him the list > and > let him calm down a few minutes. He took a bite and said, he wished it > was > white bread. He said he didn‘t want it and drank some sprite. After a > few > more minutes I offered again, the stomach won – he ate 4 big bites and > then I suggested he let his stomach rest for a few minutes. We turned on > a > movie and after a half an hour I asked if he wanted more sandwich. He > shook > his head emphatically. He proceeded to down the whole 6 inch, save a bite > or > two (propping himself up on an elbow and feeding himself in bed). Then he > drank some more sprite, and a few apples, sat up and burped a few good > ones > and said "I feel better". > He finished the movie and said he was really tired, "it‘s time to sleep > and you need to go to sleep too so you will get your rest". > Wow! What a handful our strong little boy is! > I hope for a quite evening, but he takes after his high maintenance > mommy, > so we will see. > Good night all and pray for very quick healing and no things out of left > field AT ALL! (Can we be that demanding?) > Love to all, > Michelle > Wed. Sept 23, 10:30am > Posted 8 minutes ago > Well, our room and its location in PICU caused us both to not sleep so > well. Very noisy! They say that we should be able to get out of here, but > so > far there are no other rooms available in the regular floor!*&%^&# Lots > of > people needing hospital care today, which in this case is affecting us. > Go > figure… > Ryan struggled to fall into a good sleep last night obviously, as did I. > He did wake up a few times crying and in some pain. We gave him some meds > and he did better. This morning around 7:15a he woke up in pain again > and > saying weird stuff. Then he stopped and fell back asleep. He has been > sleeping pretty well since. The nurse did give him some pain stuff > through his IV > around 8am, so apparently that is helping. > There are just so many interruptions in the hospital environment! Even > when one is able to sleep, they wake you back up constantly. Dorothy > said it > best – "There‘s no place like home!" Even Ryan is aware of his desire for > this – this time around. He kept asking, I want to go home. > We‘ll see how today goes – day after surgery – you just must feel really > bad after all anesthesia effects wear off. Please pray that pain will be > at a minimum and neurological effects are few and far between if at all. > He > is favoring the sleeping on his right side and said he feels like his > brain > moves around when he turns over, so he is having some funky feelings that > need to stabilize. > Hanging in there, but really tired! Praise God for how far we have come > so > far! > Michelle > > This message is from Woods Chapel Church. Woods Chapel Church treats your > personal information with the utmost care. To report abuse related to > this > email, please contact our office at (816) 795-8848 . > > _Unsubscribe_ > (https://wccumc.ccbchurch.com/app/individual_settings_communication.php?id=2523&tk=627C6ACED914102CA8580019B9B51440) > or _change your > preferences_ > (https://wccumc.ccbchurch.com/app/individual_settings_communication.php?id=2523&tk=627C6ACED914102CA8580019B9B51440) > for receiving emails > from CCB like this one. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DOWN-HOME-CHATTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message