April 3 1:35

Just visited Neil. Oh my goodness, Neil was able to talk for about 15 minutes. He left a message for Reese on her phone as she was at work. We all cheered and cried as did all the nurses. Nurses kept coming in and Neil would say "hello". My, my we cannot describe the joy and elation of all us. Neil kept grinning and said, "It has been a long time". The other grand thing is he was able to do this very well and he even said he could breath better with the trach collar than with the ventilator. They will do this again later this afternoon. We cannot wait. The doctor came by as they changed the dressing on the abdomen and he is very pleased with how this wound is closing. All of our news is good. We are all telling it how it occurred over and over to each other. We are all just grinning. We are so blessed. Please pray for Neil's lungs.


Listen to this. The doctor said he did not need to do the colonoscopy on Sue. He does not think this is alarming. She was on the trach collar for four hours yesterday. Her daughters continue to be encouraged. Please pray for her full recovery.


Please pray for the full recovery of Shannon and our other friends here.


We heard from our good friend downstairs. The child at Children's has gotten a good report and they do not think she has leukemia. What a blessing.