Granny Update

Granny is doing well. She is still not able to talk, but she can communicate with mom through hand squeezes. It looks like sometime Wednesday or Thursday Granny will be able to come to Tyler for more care. This will be a major answer to prayer. Granny will be closer to us and that means that she will be out of intensive care. I will let you know when she has actually made the move to Tyler. Please continue to pray for her recovery and safe transition to a new care facility.

Abigail Amanda Luhrs

Abigail was born Saturday, January 31st, at 4:20pm. She weighs 6lbs 13oz and is 20 inches long. She has been doing great and is a super eater already. Mom feels good as well. I will post more pics when i get a chance.

Granny Update

Granny is more alert than she was on Friday. The doctors put the ventilator back in on Saturday and it seemed to make Granny more alert. In fact she recognized everyone that came to see her on Saturday and when Martha held the phone up to Granny's ear so mom could tell here that her third great granddaughter, Abigail Amanda, was born she understood everything. Today she is having a tracheotomy put in instead of a ventilator. This will keep her airway clear and when she is able she will be able to speak. Please continue to pray for her complete recovery, the healing of her broken ribs, and that she would continue to become more alert and aware.

Granny Update

I talked to my mother this afternoon and she said that the doctor has decided to wait on the ventilator because all of Granny's numbers are good. Granny's nurse was a answer to pray today. She showed true concern and compassion for mom and Granny. She was the one who told the doctor that Granny was doing well and that she was probaly tired. The physical therapist came in and work with Granny to get her to hold her head up. Mom said Granny's eyes were wide open the entire time, but after that Granny was wiped out. Please pray that Granny would be able to sustain her own breathing, be alert enough to clear her airways and cough when asked. Please also thank God for the sweet nurse that He provided for Granny today!
Original Post:
When mom arrived at the hospital this morning the news wasn't as cheery as yesterday. Granny was having a hard time breathing on her own and they are considering putting her back on the ventilator. Please pray that the Lord would strengthen her lungs so she could continue to breath on her own. I will let you know when we hear something new.

Granny Update

This morning Aunt Polly and mother went in to see Granny in her hospital room. When they came in Granny immediately opened BOTH eyes and tried to speak! Mom said she was moving her feet ninety miles an hour along with her hands. The doctors said that they will be taking Granny of the ventilator this morning! Please pray that she will be able to take in full deep breaths and expel air as well. We hope with the ventilator removed she will be able to speak for the first time. Please thank God for such positive progress and continue to petition Him for Granny's complete healing. Her birthday is coming up February 4th! Here's a pic of four generations, Nail, Harkrider, Smith, and Luhrs. This picture was taken a month before Anne's first birthday.

Granny Update

As of now Granny is making little steps of progress. The doctors decided to keep her on the ventilator a bit longer instead of taking a chance of having to put her back on it later. Currently the ventilator is only pumping air in. Granny is doing all her breathing out on her own! She consistently opens her eyes, well I should say consistently opens her left eye. She is currently keeping her right eye closed which is probably due to her head injury. Please pray for patience for our family as we wait for her to heal, that Granny will be able to be taken off her ventilator and moved to Tyler, and for her eventual complete recovery.
Here's a pic of Granny, my mom, and Anne this summer :)

Granny's Update 01/26/2009

I spoke to my mom this morning and they are currently, 10:54am, taking Granny off her ventilator. This is a very important step to recovery. They will know in the next thirty minutes if she will be able to sustain her own breathing. Pray that she will have sustained strength to breath on her own and that her lungs will be kept safe from any infection. Let's pray that God will make her lungs function like a teenagers! I will let you know the results. Thank you for all your prayers.