He's arrived!!!

Donovan has made the one floor journey up to the family room....to update his facebook page! Yay!!! Of course that means he's doing better...and don't we all love to see & hear that! Thank you God!!! And to all of our prayer warriors...another big hug!

I have to make mention of another good thing, and that is Donovan's enormous appetite. It's probably drug induced, but we'll take what we can get. He's got over 2 weeks of not eating to make up for, so this is a welcome side-effect. Note to visitors: He'll eat pretty much anything that isn't tied down....so watch your possessions. One "bummer" is that he has to maintain a low-sugar diabetic diet for now, so we can't buy him all the treats we'd like to. That's ok, though, as Donovan never was a 'sweets tooth' kind of guy, unlike someone else in the family.....(guilty as charged)!

Another good news report...twice around the unit today....50 meters or so with the help of the "zombie walker" once in the a.m. and again later. He is really determined to strengthen up, and occupational therapy showed up to assist with this with small hand-weights today. Look out, Arnold!!!

And one more praise item...(you're not getting tired of this are you?) We got moved to a private room today....Hooray!!! this was no small feat, as single rooms are hard to come by. We hope this will provide Donovan with a better night's sleep, and allow us to visit more freely. It's just the icing on the cake. Hope we won't have to move rooms again till we're gone for good!

Hey Chantal....thanks so much for all the encouraging notes. Donovan is finally up to opening all of them, and thankyou Annette for the lovely carved letter opener...it's coming in really handy.

And thanks to all of you for your love and support! Today is a really good day!

Love, Beth & family.

ps. Donovan who is right here in the flesh beside me sends all his love and thanks!