I am glad to report another awesome day. He walked again and sat up in
his chair, They also took him down for x-rays today to see if we can
find out why he can't move his right arm. Ultrasound later in the week.
Also the Dr said that he can have the oxygen mask off. They will keep an eye on him tonight to make sure his level stay high enough when he is sleeping.
(To new-comers; I'm keeping readers updated on a journey that began here)
Hello everyone,
When I arrived at the hospital Dave said he already walked the halls
this morning. A little later the physiotherapist came in again, took
him for another walk and then got him to sit in his chair to have
lunch. After lunch he got back into bed. Soon his parents came down for a
visit. Wasn't long after his parent came he was just so tired that he
had a rest while we visited for bit and then I went to the family room
to put my feet up while mom and dad stayed with him until he woke up and
they came and got me.
Later in the evening Josh and Krista came to pick me up.
Another good day and his pain is under control so that really helps.
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
1 Cor.13:1
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Cor.13:7
Dave and Karen, through love will endure...but it definitely comes with the unexpected challenges
that being human is sure to bring...
Yesterday we went to visit Dave and seeing him sweat it out just to sit for a while or tremble as he reached for a cup of water was hard! Finally he was ready to lie down and after he was comfortable Dave's wife went out to pick up lunch and we stayed.
Jim, beneath Dave's instruction tried to situate the TV without a glare so Dave could watch the Bluejays game, so Jim "pulled it closer, no, back a little, now tilt it down, not quite so much, can you pull it back just a little"...and so forth til Dave said 'good!' and relaxed. Karen came breezing back into the room, pushed the TV aside (completely unaware of what had just taken place) pulled the hospital table to his bed so she could sit and eat her lunch(way past lunch time) Dave never said a word, but his look did!
It will take much patience as recovery begins.
Please pray for both of them to be able to cope!
Good Morning dear, faithful, praying friends,
I am glad to
report another good day for Dave. He sat up in his chair for over an
hour and half and walked to his sink in his room and back. He was much
stronger on his feet today because he kinda dragged his walker today, where other days he was putting all his weight on it.
It is so great to his see his improvements these past couple of days,
but I know I have to prepare myself that one of the days again will not
be so good. Dave, Joshua and the Dr. all say that he will have some good
days followed by some bad ones so l know I have to be ready for that
again.
So, please continue to pray for him. People are wondering
where he will go for Rehab. We don’t know yet; where ever a bed comes
available, either Freeport, Guelph or Cambridge. With the long weekend I
can't see that happening until Tuesday or later.
Last night I
also got another good night sleep with helps me to stay strong. I even
got to enjoy the fireworks in Drayton with my good friend Shelia. Dave
asked his nurse if she thinks he will be able to see any fireworks and
she thought maybe he would.
Praise God for all the healing that
has taken place in Dave already, with all the prayers going up. Hope
everyone had good Canadian 150th celebrations cause we did. Dave got a
Canada Flag on this lunch tray and Canada Day cupcake with a coffee
which he enjoyed on his supper tray.
David just started drinking
coffee again so that also is a sign that he is feeling better. For
anyone that knows Dave, knows he likes his coffee. He didn’t want a
coffee until Friday. So we are counting the ups taking place and
counting on your prayers to help us through the downs! Thank-you!
* Cartier resolved to take formal possession of the
country, and to indicate, in a conspicuous manner, that he did so in
the name of the King, his master, and in the interests of religion.
With these objects in view, on Friday, July 24th, a huge wooden
cross, thirty feet in height, was constructed, and was raised with
much ceremony, in sight of many of the Indians, close to the
entrance of the harbor; three fleurs-de-lys being carved under the
cross, and an inscription, "Vive le Roy de France." (Long live the King of France)The French
formed a circle on their knees around it, and made signs to attract
the attention of the savages, pointing up to the heavens, "as if to
show that by the cross came their redemption."
JACQUES CARTIER.
By
Thomas D’Arcy McGee
I.
In the sea-port of Saint Malo ’twas a smiling morn in May
When the Commodore Jacques Cartier to the westward sailed away;
In the crowded old Cathedral all the town were on their knees
For the safe return of kinsmen from the undiscover’d seas;
And every autumn blast that swept o’er pinnacle and pier
Filled manly hearts with sorrow and gentle hearts with fear.
II.
A year passed o’er Saint Malo—again came round the day
When the Commodore Jacques Cartier to the westward sailed away;
But no tidings from the absent had come the way they went,
And tearful were the vigils that many a maiden spent;
And manly hearts were filled with gloom and gentle hearts with fear
When no tidings came from Cartier at the closing of the year.
III.
But the Earth is as the Future, it hath its hidden side,
And the Captain of Saint Malo was rejoicing in his pride
In the forests of the north—while his townsmen mourned his loss
He was rearing on Mount-Royal the fleur-de-lis and cross;
And when two months were over and added to the year,
Saint Malo hailed him home again, cheer answering to cheer.
IV.
He told them of a region, hard, iron-bound and cold,
Nor seas of pearl abounded, nor mines of shining gold,
Where the wind from Thulé freezes the word upon the lip,
And the ice in spring comes sailing athwart the early ship;
He told them of the frozen scene until they thrill’d with fear,
And piled fresh fuel on the hearth to make him better cheer.
V.
But when he chang’d the strain—he told how soon is cast
In early Spring the fetters that hold the waters fast;
How the Winter causeway broken is drifted out to sea,
And the rills and rivers sing with pride the anthem of the free;
How the magic wand of Summer clad the landscape to his eyes,
Like the dry bones of the just, when they wake in Paradise.
VI.
He told them of the Algonquin braves—the hunters of the wild,
Of how the Indian mother in the forest rocks her child;
Of how, poor souls, they fancy in every living thing
A spirit good or evil, that claims their worshipping;
Of how they brought their sick and maim’d for him to breathe
upon,
And
of the wonders wrought for them thro’ the
Gospel of St.
John.
VII.
He told them of the river whose might current gave
Its freshness for a hundred leagues to ocean’s briny wave;
He told them of the glorious scene presented to his sight,
What time he reared the cross and crown on Hochelaga’s height,
And of the fortress cliff that keeps of Canada the key,
And they welcomed back Jacques Cartier from
his perils over sea.
Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness.
Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River,
or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.
But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”