Dad is more alert today than he's ever been. Which means he's also a little more frustrated than he's ever been. He can't speak with the trach but he can mouth words to communicate. It took mom 10 minutes to try to figure out he was asking for sherbert this morning. She kept saying "shoe butt?", honey what do you mean "shoe butt"? She thought maybe he wanted to kick her. But finally she guessed "sherbert" and he nodded. It will take some practice to get used to reading lips. He seems to really love sherbert, God love him. Mom put the phone to his ear so I could say hi. Of course he's not able to reply, but I could hear the gurgling of his trach as he tried to say "I love you" back to me. Very precious. A little gross, but definitely precious. Pray today that he deals well with all the frustration. Mom told him he has a right to get angry, he needs to deal with what has happened. This morning, he told mom he wanted to try and walk. Pray that he has patience, along with the rest of us!
Praise be to God for his slow healing of dad, and praise Him for continued baby steps. I have never felt God's love more than I have the last two weeks, mostly through the kindness of the family and friends that have surrounded us. We thank God daily for how He loves us.
I'll update again tonight, but probably not until about 10pm.
At Camp Forest Springs!
Bapa at the Mini-Farm
Paige, Cole, and the Bunnies
Pops and Cole on the Firetruck!
To the Kiltie!
Side by Side...Another first.
At the Kiltie
Pops and the Queen
Lulu Lovin'
March 25th, 2008
Tutu and Lulu
Self-Portrait, 11/24/07
Thanksgiving at Johnson's
Thanksgiving Eve at Buca's
Mikey; Early Onset Road Rage
35th Wedding Anniversary
September 23, 2007
Bride and Groom; 35 Years Later
Learning New Typing Software
Largest Remote Control Ever
Happy 90th, Grandma Jin
Three Paiges
Jinnie's Surprise 90th
August 18th in Chicago
Kersta, Jinnie, P.J.
Pops and Paigey
Mikey Lounging in a Sink
Mike and Paige
Angie is One Tough Therapist
First Sip of Coffee! May 16th
P.J., Cole, Pops, and Mikey
Cole Driving Bapa's Chair
Wagon Train
Dad and Mike-Sunday, April 22nd
Mikey Loves His Bapa
Mikey's Captive Audience
Bapa; Still A Tickle Monster
Wednesday, March 28th
Saturday, February 10th
Mikey Yearns for Personal Space
Paige and Mikey
Cole and Mikey
Sunday, January 7th
Fans, Pops, & Amy
Doctors in Training
Amy, Mike, and P.J.
Dec. 17th - Happy Birthday Pops!
Paige Giving Bapa A Kiss
Tuesday December 12th
Friday December 8th
11 comments:
Wow, sounds like Ocean Bob is coming along! Thank God for the miracles (baby steps) everyday! God Bless your family and it sounds like it will be a very Merry Christmas for all of you!
From the Hunters:
In trying times like these my family has learned the importance of LODAT - Live One Day At A Time. Your family has embraced this with looking for baby steps and celebrating each of them. We do believe in both miracles and the power of prayer having seen both of them in action. The prayer chain continues to shine here on Forrest Drive. To Pat, the serenity prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things that I can not change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. Amen.
communication is a precious gift and ability God gave us to allow us to show affection, emotions and feelings. jean is correct. pat has a right to be angry. he will be frustrated and feel sick physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Jesus will take care of all of this, in his timing, as he lays his healing hands on pat and the rest of you. God knows it "all" before we even think, speak or act on it. there is nothing any of us can say or do that will make God love us less. there are no surprises. he knows our hearts and minds so well. his love never changes towards us. he loves us the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. what a blessing to have a God that loves us sooooooo much. he numbered the hairs on our heads and created us in our mother's wombs to bring glory and honor to himself and to have a personal relationship with us. the Holy Spirit will continue to administer peace and daily there will be an infilling of himself to strengthen pat. our Heavenly Father is rejoicing at the fact that the Bohrman Family is trusting and obeying every step of the way. may you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. family is a God thing. he put us together for a reason. relax, trust, enjoy, laugh, cry, celebrate...be human and thank God that you have the ability to relate to each other and the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. i am continuing to pray for pat's lungs so he can continue on his journey of recovery.as amy says...one baby step at a time. how precious that is. linda lentz
Amy...I'm glad to see you are maintaining your sense of humor!:) You crack me up!
Praise the Lord for answered prayers. I'm so happy to hear of your dad's continual progress!
Love,
Leah Franczyk
So THIS is a blog!
Thanks to the blogmasters for keeping us all up to date.
Though I am not there in body, I am there in spirit and hoping and praying that my "brother" Pat makes a full and speedy recovery.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Mele Kalikimaka y Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!
Aloha,
Uncle Ward.
wow thats so amazing that he can some what communicate to you guys.. and funny that ur mom thought it was shoe butt haha i keep remembering that story you told us at young life that one time when you were explaining to us that your family is really funny becasue you guys spent a lot of time togehter and that was how you guys got a long was to make certian situations really funny. well anyways thats what i keep remembering... i miss you and ill keep praying
-MATTHYS
Sounds like Pat is on the road...to recovery - one step at a time. So happy to hear he is more alert today and making requests. I'm sure Jean will be the BEST or will it be BEAST nurse maid!
Checking the blog constantly and praying fervantly!
Van & Patti
Hi Bohrman's-
I'm so thankful for Bohr's progress. God is so good to us and His faithfulness is never ending!!
Maybe someone shared this with you already, but just in case they haven't - this is how we now sometimes communicate with my Dad who has Parkinson's and major speech issues. He holds out 1 finger for 'yes' and two for 'no'. (you must remember to look at the hand when seeking the answer - most of the time I get into Dad's face and look him straight in the eye waiting for the answer - while the whole time he's holding a 1 or a 2 down on his hand - eventually I get it but he must think I'm a moron!) We have also had great success with him spelling words to us by pointing to individual letters of the alphabet written out in large block letter form on a piece of paper. It takes away some of the frustration on both ends. Maybe this will help you guys. Love you all! Please take care of yourselves. Hubbell
P.S. Now that I think of it, most of the words Dad mouths to us have "butt" (or "ass") in them too!!
Hello,
I'm a friend of Alice Whittemore from York PA. I've been reading your blog and am very touched by your faith in our Lord Jesus! Pat and the entire family is in my prayers!
God Bless!
Pam
Again, thank you for all the updates and for letting us know what to pray for. It's also a blessing to read all the postings/prayers. Jane
To the leaf in the wind...Little did I know when I called you by that name it was because your spirit is guided by the wind of God's spoken word.
May your pains be small and your smiles big. As for your progess, forward.
I am praying for you. You let your family know when you are ready for that iced white tea with orange. :)
-Streak
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