Updates at last!

Okay - I finally have some time off to relax, clean house and catch up on my blogging! I've been running running running at work on a big project that we finished last week, so I've had a hard time making time for things like this. I posted a few quick things, but so much has been going on! :) I'm gonna do separate posts so I can flag them for lookup later, so dont be confused by several posts on the same day.

Let's start with some family business. Uncle Kyle is starting to recover at last! I think it was 3 weeks ago when I talked to Aunt DeAnn (his wife) and she said he was starting to get better. He was more-or-less completely paralyzed for about 7 weeks I think. He wasn't able to use any of his peripheral nervous system at all... meaning he couldnt use any of his limbs, move any muscles in his face, chew, swallow, breathe, etc, etc, etc. He was on a respirator for the better part of those 7 weeks and has been on a feeding tube for several weeks now too. He's still got that but he's off of the respirator now. As of last week when I last heard updates, he was able to open his eyes and use his hands enough to write a few things on a white board? But I'm not sure of the extent of that. I'm quite certain it's still very limited. He's out of the hospital now and at some sort of in-patient rehab place. The good news is that he's starting to regain the use of some of his muscles. The bad news is that 1) his recovery is going very very slowly at this point - little to no progress in the last 3 weeks that I've heard of and 2) his muscles have atrophied so much that it's going to be a very long and very painful road to recovery that will include a significant amount of physical therapy and who knows what else. We're a little concerned about the length of time he's had the feeding tube too since I've heard it can cause problems if it's in too long. Hopefully he'll get to take that out soon and be able to eat on his own. I'll post more updates when we learn something new. His wife is spending all day every day by his side. Please keep praying for him and his family.