June 2 8:00 pm

Wow, Neil has had a busy day. He started the morning off by going outside to the Wound Care Clinic. He went by wheelchair and the sun was on his face for the first time in almost 14 weeks. They were not able to do the skin graft because the wound had some hyper-granulation. They put a special dressing on this to take care of the granulation. The dressing will be changed on Thursday and Neil will go back on Monday for the skin graft. Then at 1 pm Neil had an appointment with the Pain Management folks. This was another trip in the wheelchair. The doctor reviewed all of Neil's medication records and ordered a Duragesic Patch and other medication for break through pain. The doctor said he was confident this was make the pain manageable and could tweak this if it was not effective. This has been a good day. The orthopedist had said Neil might be ready to go to Health South by Wednesday. We are not writing that day in our calendar yet, but at least Neil is a lot closer. We sure look forward to tomorrow. Please pray for Neil's full recovery.

Susan, Sue's daughter, came by today. Sue has been doing very well but has an urinary infection. With all things being equal, Sue should be able to return to her apartment next week. Please pray for Sue's full recovery.

Please continue to pray for Shanna. We are so optimistic her progress will remain constant.

Thanks to all of you for your love and support.