100% Update: Text Msg from Chris
I just got a text message from my brother Chris who is in the Trauma Unit room with Mom:
He just squeezed Mom's hand :)
posted by Matt D. @ 1:55 PM
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GROWINGANDGROWINGANDGROWING
...a growing family, growing up, growing together, growing closer to Christ...
Monday, September 22, 2008
He just squeezed Mom's hand :)
About Us
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We are growing and growing: Self, MyBeloved, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5. Our life is a
journey of ... fun ... love ... joy ... laughter ... pain ... and controlled chaos!
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Blog Thievery
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MyBeloved (wife) says that I stole her blog ... not true ... but you will have to check it out for yourself at:
www.myhusbandstolemyblog.com.
UPDATE: Pastor Ray
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If you are here to find out about Pastor Ray DeVries (our dad), here is the
short version of what
happened on September 20, 2008.
You can also check out the following: Dad's accident,
a note to my wife,
a word from Mom,
how to tell others about Dad,
a closer look at the trauma center,
the response on the internet,
me stealing my wife's blog,
Dad in Jerusalem,
my wife's comfort,
a prayer for Dad,
Dad's transfer to the rehabilitation facility, and
Dad's first weekend at home ... walking!
CONTRIBUTE: SheepDog Recovery Fund
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Our family has received many generous offers for assistance. If you would like to make an online donation to the Pastor Ray Sheepdog
Fund, please click the "Donate" button below. Due to IRS regulations, your donation is not tax-deductible. Thank you for your kindness.
You can also send a donation by a snail-mail. Please make checks payable to:
Pastor Ray Sheepdog Fund
2592 Kanlow Drive
Antioch, TN 37013
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G&G Stuff
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You asked for it. You designed it. You can now buy it. Click below to do a little shopping while at G&G ... proceeds will help buy Mom's morning coffee.
Glossary
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We describe our journeys a little different. Here's a list of NewWords to help:
- 100% = full recovery for Dad, not 50-50%
- BrainCalmJuice = sedation meds
- BurntSand = broken glass
- EggToast = slice of bread, middle cut out, fry egg in hole
- EMT Angel = emergency medical tech
- FamJam = my family
- FlyingBus = airplane
- FunkyPrayerRequest = a request for Dad’s first “movement” … yea, that kind
- LungJunk = pneumonia
- LungRobot = ventilator
- G&G Addict = someone addicted to this site
- GodThruMan = moment, circumstance or miracle when God works through man
- GodThruMom = see above, but through Mom
- GoldenArchesCafe = Does the word “Happy Meal” mean anything?
- InsureYouCo. = insurance company(ies)
- JustRest = just rest
- LeftOvers = the families and friends of trauma victims
- Light = God
- LifeMachines = the contraption of machines in the trauma unit
- LiveOn = the opposite of QuitLife
- MedMilkShakes = liquid nutrition through tube
- MyBeloved = my beautiful wife
- Nos.1-5 = my beautiful kids
- NoHurtJuice = pain meds
- OrangeSpeedRacer = ambulance
- Pink Wires / Blue Wires = read about it HERE
- QuitLife = give up living your passion and desire
- Remnants = the loved ones after death
- Remote Feed 1.0 = my home
- Remote Feed 2.0 = my work
- Self = me
- SheepDog = Dad; Dad’s nickname for himself … not a Shepherd, but a sheepdog, of lost sheep
- StrongPower = the Holy Spirit
- SweetBagWater = nutria-fluids through i.v.
- TheRunts = my little ones = Nos. 1-5
- TheSelect = the BEST intensive rehab facility for Dad
- TraumaChopper = the LifeFlight helicopter
- TraumaCondo = the best little trauma center in the Southeast
- TraumaRounds = medical rounds involving all doctors
- TraumaTeam = the whole team of doctors, nurses, assistants
- ViolentSilence = a terrible accident ... our terrible accident
- WhiteCoats = doctors
- World = you
8 Comments:
That is good news! We keep praying for him!
Incredible!
We're still praying-
can't wait to get the next encouraging report.
Ellen
I never knew that news of a small hand squeeze could cause such a large lump in my throat. Thank you for keeping us updated Matt. We continue to pray and continue to glorify Him in each victory. Love to you all.
Mandy
And so it begins with a squeeze of a hand...God keeps working and giving you signs of His Presence. I know your Mom (and everyone else too) is encouraged beyond belief! Thanks for spreading the Good News!
praise God...thank You, Jesus...
Praise God! I am praying for your Dad and for your family...
I was only going to silently read your updates, but when I read your quote of Psalm 91, I had to comment.
A yr. ago, Victor's mother was also in a critical condition and Ray (along w/ a couple of other area CP pastors) sat w/ us during her surgery. It was Ray though who sat with the 3 of us kids when we listened to the surgeon tell us that her "percentage chance" was slim. That night God led me to that Psalm and I clung to it as it was most definitely a "time of trouble." Over a yr. later, my mother in law has recovered fully. I know God led you too to that Psalm - a promise and a command - "call on me, i will deliver you, you will honor me."
Please tell Pat prayers in Sturgis are being said...
Samantha Hassell (fmr. DCE @ Woodbine)
Praying always for the great healing hand of God to be upon Ray and all of the family.
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