C Me As Hope

Yesterday was a good and bad day.  Bad because the military still hasn’t decided where and when they are going to send Lang.  There is now a possibility that he will be moved somewhere other than Vegas or Seattle.  Which was more than upsetting to both myself and his sister.  Seeing how we have a great network of support here is Vegas already and a family, jobs, kids, etc in Washington.  I was really missing my boy, Darian, yesterday too and it just threw me for a loop.  But we are talking with the right people to voice our objections and our wishes.  Hopefully, God’s plan is for Lang to complete his recovery in Washington but if he is meant to go somewhere else, I will be there with him 100%.  We should know more today.  Please pray that if God’s will is for Lang to recover in Seattle that God work on hearts of those in charge to make that happen.  Thanks.

Ok.  The good part of the day.  Well, first of all it was Leia’s birthday yesterday.  I told everyone at the hospital so when all the doctor’s and nurses were wishing her a happy birthday, she looked so confused.  She asked, “How did they know it was my birthday?”  I confessed that I had told them.  I had also asked Lang’s friends, Karl and Alicia if we could have a birthday dinner and cake at their house so Leia could have some sort of birthday.  They were happy to do it.  So we went over there and had a great dinner and cake.  More good news…Pastor Doug came by the hospital and brought Leia and I snacks so we don’t wither away at the hospital.  (But really there is no worry of that because we both like food way too much.)  But it was a welcomed gesture as we were running dangerously low on supplies.  Thanks Pastor Doug!  He was also lucky enough to catch Lang awake for a few moments.  He said hi and Lang smiled his big Lang smile and gave him a thumbs up.  It was awesome.  We prayed about the recovery location dilemma and Lang’s continued healing.  I didn’t mean to but I started crying after Pastor Doug left the room.  I was really missing Lang right at that moment.  Lang looked at me and I tried so hard to stop the tears.  I kissed his hand and told him I loved him.  He pointed at me with glossy eyes and trembling chin.  I told him that I was ok and that I just really missed talking to him.  He nodded “yes” and pointed to himself and then to me.  He mouthed…”I love you”.  It made the tears come faster.  Leaning over the bed, we hugged in silence, just listening to each other breath.

The best part of the day came as a totally surprise to Leia and myself.  Lang slept most of the day and the nurses were loving it.  They kept asking if we would stay in the room all the time because he is so much better behaved when we are in there.  Leia and I just sat and read our new books most of the day.  (I started reading the new book “Twilight” and I love it and can’t put it down…shamelessly I will admit that is why this blog wasn’t posted last night…I was reading and got too tired to post…sorry.)  Ok…back to Lang…So he woke up finally to visit with us at about 8:30pm.  Jen and I were back there first and she eventually left because Lang was embarrassing her with all the kissing and loving he had for his lady.  ☺  He was holding my head, running his fingers through my hair, kissing and kissing and kissing me.  I loved every moment of it.  He was starting to communicate too.  We have these conversations without him saying a word.  He pointed to me…then to him…then to the door.  I asked him, “Me and you go?”  He nodded yes and I told him that we were stilling waiting for approval from the military.  I started laughing when he shrugged his shoulders and rolled his eyes.  Leia came in shortly after that and that is when the awesomeness started.  Lang kept motioning for me to come closer and trying to whisper something in my ear but he still has no voice so nothing was coming out.   I explained that to him so he started doing charades with his hands.  I was guessing with no luck then he started making letters with his fingers.  I asked him I needed to write this down and he nodded “yes”.  So I got my journal and pen.  He then reached for it and decided that he would just write it for me.  Patience is still not one of Lang’s strongest attributes.   But he wrote his message.  It is pretty sloppy but remember he has a broken right wrist and he is right handed.  But we were able to read it and verify with him that we were reading it right.  This is what he wrote:

Do I need to practice anything?  Like pre football practice?
Make nurse play before the exercises?
Being victim?
Being rescued?
Talk about heath care today?
(There was another sentence but I could only make out part of it…then he got frustrated with me and threw the pen.)

As you can tell, they all don’t make sense but he is making progress.  But some of them do.  He obviously heard me talking about the difficulties we are having with his transfer and was concerned with it.  I have to be more careful of what I say in the room…even when I think he is sleeping…he is listening.  I also look at it like when you wake up from a dream and can’t remember all the details and you try to explain it to someone else.  I think he is remembering bits and pieces of things and trying to make sense of them.  I was smiling all the way home.  He amazes me more each day.

Please continue to pray for his recovery and for a quick transfer to Washington.

Love you all!

Grace & Peace ~ Carla