Hey everyone! Sorry I haven’t updated in a little bit!  Brianna and I have come to Lincoln for the next 10 days with the kids to be with mom and dad at Madonna! Dad is projected to move to the Acute care floor on Tuesday! Since being here dad has been more awake for longer periods of time and really interested in watching the kids! You can tell he is trying so hard to communicate and wants to speak so badly! He moves his arms and hands a lot. To me it feels like he’s trying to tell us something but isn’t able to in the way he wants..it must be incredibly frustrating. This all still feels surreal. Like is this really happening and why! The only thing that grounds me is Jesus. Knowing that he is working so hard to heal dad and answer our prayers. God is working all things for our good. Even when it doesn’t look or feel good. Dad is still pretty in and out of consciousness. At times very alert for several minutes at a time. Then takes several minutes of rest for his brain to take a break. All the new stimulus we’re exposing him to can tire him easily. It’s important to give him small little breaks. With him moving to acute care, he will get more therapies for more time throughout the day. This will help him be more alert for longer periods of time. We are really hoping to have the trach removed soon. It is still capped night and day. I believe they had to suction the trach a time or two the other day and that delays the trach from being moved. Anytime they have to remove the cap to suction. So basically dad is managing his secretions fairly well but they get thick at times and it’s difficult to manage with the trach and how thick the mucus is at times. Dad has sleep apnea so he is wearing a cpap mask throughout the night. He is tolerating it well. They did an x-ray of his broken leg the other day and apparently the fibula (the smaller leg bone in the lower leg) isn’t coming back together like they wanted. However, the tibia is healing well. I heard one of the nurses say that when people have Brian injuries and broken bones at the same time, the body tends to heal the broken bones first and then it begins to heal the brain. We tend to forget that dad had snapped his lower leg in half and had bones sticking through his shin and that takes time to mend even when the outside looks fine. Patience is something I have come to know so very well. It’s so hard. And I often get discouraged with Gods timing in all this…I know his timing is always perfect….But He could literally make dad stand up and walk out of here if he wanted to right this minute…it’s agonizing. I listened to this sermon recently that was really good…and made me feel better and more at peace with Gods timing. The pastors name is Rick Warren with Saddleback church. He’s wonderful. God called on him to speak HIS word. He has a series on Daring Faith. It’s excellent. Anyways, he was saying that when God makes us wait He is preparing us for what’s next. He’s making us into the people we were meant to be. He said that God is more concerned with your character than your comfort. And that is so so true. He is molding us into what’s meant for us. He does this when certain circumstances happen. We grow through what we go through. It really helped me in trusting Gods timing so much more. Deep down I know that God has a plan and dad will get through this. I know it. I feel it. I believe it. I pray it. It is just so very hard going through this part. Watching the baby steps to recovery..some days you see so much and other days nothing. The devil tries to defeat you on the nothing days and tells you all the things you fear. You can’t let the devil win. You just can’t. The devil wouldn’t be after you if you didn’t have something of value. Trust in God. Trust in the timing. Grow with it and feel it in your bones. This will all be alright.❤️🙏🏻God will not leave us and He will not leave dad this way.❤️