Isaiah's Days

Hi family and friends! I had a lovely Friday and Saturday with Isaiah last weekend. He stayed with me at the hotel and we did some shopping, browsing and ate at places where we can't in Smithers. (Costco fries and Wendy's frosties!)  The Canadian Reformed Church in Prince George has really stepped it up when it comes to spending time with Isaiah. I let them know his needs, especially his desire to spend time with others and meet people. It sounds like he is going to be at someone's house every day for dinner!! Praise the Lord!! Thank you Jesus!!

Isaiah phoned us from rehab last night to tell us that he walked with a cane for 35-40 feet. Incredible!

I was standing beside Isaiah and as a joke I told him to straighten his arm. Much to my and his surprise -it slowly straightened and hung by his side!! He laughed in disbelief. Incredible! It's hope!

Isaiah isnt going to rehab today after all. He needs an ultrasound of his stomach. He's having abdominal pain, he's thrown up, is exhausted and completely deflated.  12:30 PM UNBC is under a code orange and is near it's breaking point. A bus carrying 30 people rolled over north of PG. There are no deaths but there are injuries, none of which sound life threatening. The hospital is not accepting transfers today and people are urged to stay out of the ER unless they have life threatening injuries.  Isaiah is waiting for his blood work results and if they look good I could have still taken him there later today. Because of this major accident we will have to wait for tomorrow, DV. Praying for all the victims of the bus accident.  2:30 PM Isaiah received an over night pass and will be going with me to PG and staying at the hotel as well. First time sleeping somewhere else in so long! He still has inflammation of the pericardium and his markers were still quite high. (Bloodwor...

Isaiah will head to PG rehab tomorrow morning! 

Hey everybody! Isaiah's still in Smithers hospital.  GF Strong turned him down again so we're waiting for a rehab bed for him in PG. Pray for a single occupancy room! UPDATE : Isaiah walked unassisted from the bathroom to the living room!! My Dad was spotting him but Isaiah didn’t need any help. He tried to show Doug later on today but was quite tired and Doug had to hold his hands in front as he walked. Still awesome!! 

Things got weird here the day after I left Vancouver. 🤷‍♀️ On Wednesday morning we got a call from Isaiah saying he was being transferred back to Prince George Hospital. They would have him for a short time and then put him back into their rehab program when a bed became available. Were we ever surprised when Isaiah called and told us that he had landed in Smithers! Even he didn't know why. It wasn't what he had been told.  I phoned VGH and the charge nurse told me that she assumed he was heading to Prince George as well. She said she was dealing with the paperwork after handing him over to the transport team, when she realized it said he was going to Smithers.  She stopped the flight and called PG to ask what was going on. They said they actually did not have a hospital bed available. So someone somewhere decided that since there was a hospital bed in Smithers available that he could go there to wait for a bed in rehab. That was fine by us! I actually don't know why Isaia...