Exhausted and Happy

Just a quick update: I am exhausted, but so happy to have Lesh home. We are truly blessed beyond measure. His care is getting easier each day and our life is starting to feel a little more "normal" each day. He is still wheel-chair bound most of the time..he can use the walker some, but it exhausts him, but he's getting quite adept in the wheel chair. He's craving that independence as far as being able to do things for himself. He can open the front door, and do quite a lot of care of himself, for himself. I am always close to him to be sure he doesn't fall. We do not want to chance a setback, so we're very careful. We have daily visits from Home Health in the form of a nurse, physical therapist, and occupational therapist. We have some "outside the home" doctor visits soon, so those will be outings that should be interesting. But all in all, we're doing well. I am having to adjust to taking care of "three guys" in a different way, but would not trade having him here for anything. He loves being home, being in his own bed, and being with his family. The boys are loving it also. They missed his "firm hand" also. :) This is too funny...Yesterday evening, the boys were arguing over a toy or something and Lesh had already asked them to stop once. They continued and he said "Boys, if you don't stop arguing now, I'm going to take you in your room to spank you" in his most firm voice..with "the look". Jonah, matter-of-factly, asked "How are you going to do that?" He knew that Lesh's wheel chair wouldn't fit through their bedroom door." HEHE!! I got so tickled..Lesh started to reply "Oh I'll show you how I'll do it" and then I said "Oh, you've got to admit...that's funny!" Jonah was innocently inquiring as to how Lesh was going to accomplsh that! Too great.

I love my boys so much. Jonah is so smart...his world is expanding each day. He wanted to see pictures of our computers in our heads (brain) on daddy's laptop. He is constant questions..has been for several years now.

This evening, we had a somewhat ironic moment. The boys and I ran out for a few minutes to do a couple of errands while Lesh was taking a nap. We turned onto Prospect Road so that we could go to 40 East and head to Lowe's in Lake Saint Louis. Jonah started protesting and said that we couldn't go that way.."that is the road all the wrecks happen on." I assured him that wasn't true. He argued and said "yes..that's where daddy had his wreck!" And then I remembered that he was confused..that was the road we had taken each time we went to the hospital to see Lesh..that he must have been remembering that we went that way the evening we first learned of Lesh's accident..and then everytime after that. As we were entering the highway from the ramp, I assured him that we would not have a wreck..and then caught myself. I thought.. "what if we do have one? Then he'll think I'm a liar." So I quickly clarified and said, "We probably won't have an accident, but if we do, Jesus will protect us just as he protected daddy." The words had no sooner slipped out of my mouth when I saw a car about 200 feet in front of us start weaving wildly across the two lanes, enter the median area that is under construction and turn around several times and flip onto it's side. Talk about blow my mind!! Jonah said "See!! I told you people have wrecks on this road!" I pulled off the road quickly as did a driver or two in front of me. I saw a man jump out of his door..the one that was elevated in the air..and he ran around to the other side of the car. I started groaning inside thinking "Oh Lord..there must be someone else in the car..I hope it's not a kid. A couple of construction workers pulled up quickly and jumped out to help him and they pulled a little girl from the car. She was crying and clutching her daddy, but both seemed to be alright. The father sat down on the ground with the little girl and the workers ran to their truck and began doing something. I rolled down my window to ask if they had called 911, and then nodded that they had, so I left the scene of the accident to prevent us from getting hit. When the man's car hit the median area, he put a lot of rock all over the road that was flying up and causing more trouble for cars slowing down for the accident. I thought it best to leave the accident scene. After I got to Lake Saint Louis, I called my dad and told him what had happened, and he said "Well you know, Jonah was a prophet". We sing the Veggie Tales song all the time. Jonah has often commented that Jonah was a prophet of God and because his name is Jonah, he believes he is a prophet of God. (Truthfully, I don't think he fully understands what a prophet is.) I am grateful that God had his hand on us this evening. Makes me wonder how many things like that He protects us from on a daily basis.

Trying to catch up on bills, paperwork, church work, etc. I will be pulling some late nighters to catch up. Thinking of all my friends and those who have offered up prayers for our family. Cannot tell you how grateful I am. What in the world would we do without friends?

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