Saturday May 9, 1998
Jered's fighting fevers
all day. It comes and goes but mostly comes: We have prayed for
Jered, the girls and strength for us. How much we have prayed can
never be measured. God's grace and mercy has overwhelmed us. For
Mother's day, I am praying for Jered to have a restful day; that all
his vital signs would remain stable.
Dr. told us Jered would
die in 2 days.
Sunday May 10, 1998
It's Mother's Day. My son
is still alive, for this I am so grateful. Today's doppler reading
showed Jered's brain pressures or spasms had stopped. I cried at the
news. I was so happy. We had realized before the doctor can do
anything – the spasms must stop. Jered was resting. Dr. Tenney
decided to take him off the barbiturate (pentabarbital). They said
he would slowly wake up in 2 or 3 days. They were hopeful he would.
The nurses were not as hopeful because Jered has sustained a severe
bleed and lack of blood to that area of the brain. We wait to see if
Jered wakes up.
Monday May 11, 1998
Oscar witnessed Jered
yawning at 11:10 pm. I had gone to bed. Oscar stayed with Jered
again. About 3:00 am Oscar noticed that Jered was trying to open his
eyes. By 5:00 Jered had his eyes open half way. He was opening and
shutting his eyes when Oscar came to wake me and see for myself. I
cried because I couldn't believe my eyes. Our son had opened his
eyes. By the afternoon, he was attempting to move his head to the
direction of the sound of voices. Maggie (his nurse) asked him to
blink his eyes if he understood. He did. She asked him to grip her
hand and he gave her a weak grip. Later Jered gripped dad's hand
when he asked him to. In the evening Jered's nurse, Ashley, pulled a
pointed object across the bottom of each foot. He responded by
pulling away his feet. Oh happy day!!
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