News!!!

I have been pretty down lately thinking about my Mom-A. I haven't spoken to her husband for a while. I can't even imagine what he is going through right now and after the last phone call I had with a friend of hers I have backed off and tried to contact him every few weeks for updates. Shortly after the accident her friends put together a Caring bridge website to keep everyone updated. There you can sign a guestbook, find out hospital and/or facility information, and keep up to date on her progress. I hadn't checked it for about a week and tonight after I crawled into bed I looked over at our beautiful sleeping boy and started thinking about her as I do every night I had an immense feeling to check her website for updates. I immediately started bawling after reading the following:

8/31/10
Alese is now at Avamere Rehab in Salem. We went to visit with her on Sunday 8/30, as we got great news that she is out of the coma and awake. Definitely true!! She knew my hubby, Gordie when he went to her bedside and kissed her, she knew her nephew, Brian, and said she loved him. She signaled to me to come near her bedside and whispered that she wanted a shower! She smiled and understood all the questions we asked her and even tried to pull the vent out which the RN did take out. Please keep her in your prayers. I will post the Avamere address soon as they said she could get mail! Please keep up the support and prayers, oh, they're getting her a tv today!

Lin Hartung

This is absolutely amazing!!! I immediately called the facility who confirmed that she is indeed awake, answering yes or no questions, recognizing friends and family, trying to communicate and doing so much more that they honestly didn't know if she ever would again. Every night after Kevin's bedtime routine of bath, lotion, jammies book, we will rock for a few minutes, cuddling and praying out loud. Grandma Alese is always in our prayers. I am so excited to be able to send her the card we bought her for her birthday last month, the picture album we bought her that says "Grandma's brag book" thats full of pictures of Kevin. I am so excited and I can't thank God enough for this miracle. Please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers.