Miracle Man pics!

The Miracle Man goes outside for the first time in a month!  

Keep up the hard work Stan!  We love you!

6-29-13

     He still is progressing. He was able to go on an outing to the fountain this morning and really enjoyed the fresh air. He earned this by being able to sit in a regular chair yesterday. The doctor just came in and says no dialysis again today!  Good news for the kidneys. It means they are really starting to do their job. Also they have begun to up his tube feeding. As they up his tube feeding they are lowering his TPN (IV) feeding. Also a good thing :). His lungs are getting stronger and his voice is getting stronger too. The doctor just said how amazed she is at his recovery rate.  One last thing. The general surgeon is feeling it is safe enough to start him back on the baby aspirin. They really need to keep the stint in his heart clear. As long as he doesn't have any more bleeding we should be able to continue forward. What a miracle man.
     Our home is being worked on everyday. I get pictures from family members on site that I can show Stan. He cries a little with every one. Not because he is sad but because he is so grateful for all of the service we are receiving. As I said before... All I can really say is thank you. We are very blessed.

6-28-13

No real change today other than we are trying for every other day dialysis. We are hoping that his kidneys are now working well enough to start slowing the dialysis down.  I guess there is one more thing... Because his stomach is tolerating his tube feeding they are going to up it a little faster feeding. Hoping this goes well too.
Again Stan has asked about the house and if someone is working on it. Also about the medical insurance. When I told him about all the help we are getting with the house and through the fund raising he has teared up in gratitude. He asked me if I realized how hard it was to be in these circumstances and I said yes. When he is so used always being the one giving it is terribly hard for him to be on the receiving end. Stan has always been a proud man that prides himself on his ability to be there and support his family but he is very grateful for the many blessings he is receiving.

July 4th BBQ

The last BBQ fundraiser did so well!  But we had several people say they weren't able to get their orders in before we sold out.  Steve wanted to give these people another chance so he is personally smoking 20 pork shoulders/butts for July 4th.  He only has space to do 20 this time so please get your orders in ASAP to be sure to get yours.  As soon as the 20 are sold, we will not be taking more orders. Click HERE to be connected to the order page!

Thanks again for your support of Stan and Alisha!

June 27, 2013

Today dad has kept us quite entertained :) Hope and I went into see him today, he pretty quickly said come on let's get out of here! And the laughs never stopped after that. He has been kicking his feet off the bed thinking he is gonna go home, and if he needs something you better get to it fast or he will get after you. It will be a big day when they can take him on a wheel chair ride. While the dialysis was running today, the tech was telling Hope about the machine. Dad turned to him and said what flavor Ya makin? Watermelon he replied haha. Later dad kicked Hope and I out. Said it was time for us to go home.
He is doing well breathing on his own, just sore from all his surgeries. They put him on the tilt table again today, stood him completely vertical for 10 min. He did great. White blood cell count was up again this morning, they said it doesn't necessarily mean it's infection. They started his regular feeding tube again slowly to see how he handles it.

6-26-13

He is finally free of the ventilator and the tube down his throat!  This is great news but also has its setbacks. He had become increasingly irritated with the ventilator tube so even after it was out he continued with a little higher blood pressure and a fast beating heart. It took time and a few different drugs to get him calmed down but he finally did. As soon as he was able he started asking "why does my chest hurt?" and "why can't I move?"  These are obvious questions to me and everyone else but to him it's a different story. This is the first time he has really complained about pain so I'm thinking he is becoming even more aware and his mind is clearing.  He has been told numerous times today by many how much better he looks. He only seems to know from now....and he feels horrible!  Hopefully as time goes by and he gets more mobility he will feel better.  He is so incredibly weak.

6-25-13

     Today has been a really good day for Stan. He has been breathing on his own all day without difficulty and will likely get the breathing tube out tomorrow. My favorite part of the day came at about 4:00 pm when I came back from a rare outing. I left to go to the Lehi City baby contest to watch our grandson and to go by our building lot to see the progress of our new home. I took some pictures to bring back and show Stan. As I flipped through these pictures Stan had tears streaming down his face as he cried. I told him we could look at them later and I didn't show them to him to make him sad. He shook his head no and I asked if he was just grateful. He nodded yes and I tried to tell him how blessed we are. He continued to silently cry as I told him of the blessings we had received in the last month. I reminded him of what a good man he was and that he had blessed many people and those people wanted to now help him.  He continued to cry.
     Although we have a long road to go still; Stan and I would like to let you all know we are so grateful for the love, support and services done. We are grateful for the many prayers that have been offered on our behalf. We are richly blessed.
     I am grateful to see such progress in Stan and to see his love and character coming out. I am so blessed to be married to such a man.