Some more great news to report - Jonathan was taken off of the ventilator yesterday afternoon and has remained breathing on his own since then!!! He's doing great. They even shaved his moustache last night :) It was getting pretty thick, and needed to be done a long time ago, but Charlie was adamant about keeping it for a while. We even got pictures before they shaved it off. With it gone he looks even more like himself. :)
He is still not being very mobile with his left arm. There were some blood clots about 2 weeks ago and has since not been very responsive there. So, please pray that as he begins to become more aware that each part of his body will function as it should, that it will operate to full capacity, without any complications.
Because he is breathing so well on his own, one of the nurses mentioned to us that they may move him out of ICU very shortly - within days. Now, that does not mean that he will be in a regular room for all to come visit. He would still be in the trauma part of the hospital and highly monitored, but still moving out of the most critical care. Although it may sound strange, we are hoping that won't happen for a few days. We are so thankful for such great progress, but still want the great and attentive care for him that he receives in ICU. The nurses there are only assigned to 1, maybe 2 patients in ICU. When the move him the nurses will have 5-10 patients to look after. So, the care, while still good I am sure, will not be as thorough. With that many patients to attend to - it's just not possible. So, we're hoping that he gets a few more days of special attention.
He's still not communicating. Every now and again we'll get him to respond to us on command, but it's sporadic. So, that's my prayer for Christmas - that he'll be aware enough to know that we're there and to communicate in some way - a squeeze of the hand or the blink of an eye. At this point we'll take anything. We're ever so grateful and thankful to the Lord for keeping him and for bringing him through this. There's a long road ahead, but we know the Lord is with us each step we take. Thanks to everyone again for you prayers. We love you so much!
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I thank god for the news and of course you for letting us all know. I'm so happy that he has made so much progress. I pray that everything continues to get better and that you all hold up strong.
God Bless you and and we are still praying.
Arrington Family
A journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step. With God holding him up we are confident that he will make it.
God will continue to rain down miracles on Jonathan and use this situation for His glory!
Love to all,
Peter & Maria
Hey Girl...
Praise the Lord....I know that this is just the begining of so many great things... I believe that you will get your answer for Christmas as I have been praying that very thing for all of you.
Love you
Diane
Thank god for all Jonathan's progress....I want to wish you and your family a very merry xmas. From myself and Indya:)
I have been following Jonathan's progress since I have learned of his accident from your uncle Bob. Praise God for all of the answered prayers! God is so faithful!! I will continue to agree with your family for Jonathan and to pray for all of you. God Bless You!
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