Saturday morning, April 26 - approx 11:00 AM

Hello! Today was a relatively good day for Dwight. He is initiating use of the right hand/arm when eating, etc. which is AWESOME!! He is gaining strength daily. PTL!! In our prayer-time together today he asked God to give him the strength he needs to do what has to be done!
He was examining his feeding tube and he goes, "It's time for this to come out" .... YIKES!!! I told him NO that it was up to the doctor to remove it and that as soon as he drinks adequate fluid orally then there would be no need for the tube and the DOCTOR would remove it!!! I pray Dr. Dwight does not strike again! He did concentrate on drinking more after our discussion. It is SO wonderful to be just a five minute walk from his room! The accomodations are very comfortable and I am enjoying TO THE FULLEST being alone right now ... this is the first chance I have had to just 'think' by myself and "truely" meditate on what has happened and how WONDERFUL God is!!!!! Dwight was deep in thought and I asked him what he was thinking and he goes, "About the awesome Grace of God"!! Oh ... upon my arrival yesterday morning, I found a 'thank you note' from Dwight that he initiated the night before with Laura, his evening BA . She said they were walking outside and she told him how I had moved closer to him to care for him and he goes, "I should thank her for that" .... it certainly BLESSED my heart ... to tears!!! May God find us faithful! joan for us 4 1 Cor 2:5 "so that 'our' faith would not rest on the wisdom of men BUT on the POWER OF GOD"!!!!

p.s. Joe did not travel out this weekend ... things were past being done at the house......