Happy Thanksgiving

Well everyone I must initially say that I hope yesterday, being Thanksgiving Day, was a wonderful family event where you were able to enjoy some time with family and friends as you found happiness moments. Then you came home tried to sleep and then wake up and get that shopping going. You know, waking up at 4am for Kohls, 5am for Sears and Walgreens, 6am for Lowes and the Home Depot. Amazing to see so many people "shopping" at these incredible timesas they are there to get that "thing". It is still really hard to imaging someone who is there at an unbelievable time to shop for that one iten and save an extra 5 dollars. It is like I can't believe that an individual went through all this extra stuff to save a 5 dollar bill. Simply incredible! As for me, I'm doing ok. It is still taking a little longer than I would like to keep working on becoming normal, but honestly there is no way to have an issue. I just need to keep working on all my little areas that could use a little help and eventually I will be back to normal. I hope all had a great Thanksgiving Day and a few great days spent with their family.

A week at home!

Well everyone, it is so good to be home. I know that can sound strange, but getting away from the hospital to exist in your home is just awesome. I know that since it took me quite a while to be ready to come home and I have had to work on speaking, hand moving and trying to be stay awake. Every day I get to grow a little bit and over time I will be back to normal, but let me say again, It is so exciting to be home. I just wanted to take a moment and give thanks everyone. It is so awsome to have families give us dinner, my fire department men taking me to lunch and others with prayers asking God to make me better is just unbelievable. It is hard sometimes for me but I am so happy and overwhelmed to have everyones amazing help. I usually just think of myself as a regular old dude, but then this comes and makes me want to cry, just incredible. So thanks to everyone, I wish I had more to give but I just wnated to tell everyone thank you.

Hey I'm Here!!!

Hey, I'm Here! I know that sounds a little strange, but i am very happy to be able to speak to anybody. I wanted to just give you guys some history but I'm sure that you read some of Hallies info and are awawe of the feelings. I know that I went in for some surgery on the 30th, then I have a hungry moment so I at some food, and then I woke up on the 4th. Pretty weird to have missed some things. The other thing that is different is talking a little time. It is pretty weird to not be able to move or to move and have back pain. I know that I want to get better so it is just keep doing the best I can and know that time will start fixing slowly. Anyway this is just a little pain and I am very glad to be here again. Thank you for all looking at the blog and I am very happy to be on my feet to achieve something.

Going Home!!

Hello,

Eric is going to be heading home on Friday if things continue the way they are going. Eric's vitals are good and he his doing very well. His improvment has been great over this last week and he probably was ready to go home today but just to make sure all is well they wanted keep him one more night. Of course everyone who knows Eric knows that he is not one to sit around and watch T.V. except for sports so laying in the hopspital is just not exciting for him. So hopefully we will get home early and get settled. Eric is looking forward to sleeping in his own bed and laying flat. Of course he is also ready to see Hunter and the girls (CoCo and CeCe) he should also be ready to write on the blog.

So again thanks for all your prayers and please keep us in our prayers since our battle against this cancer is not over.

Love and God Bless,
Hallie

Day 5-All Things Good

Good evening everyone,

A quick note about Eric. He is still progressing in a positive directions. He is walking around more, using his right hand more and doing more for himself. This is such great news for all of us. He also had the drain removed today, it hurt a bit but he is doing much better tonight. His spirits are also much better today and he is almost ready to do his own blog again, he said he would like to write on Thursday.

Thanks again for all the support we are thankful for everything.

Love and God Bless,
Hallie

Day 4-Another Good Day!!

Just a quick note to let everybody know that Eric was able to move out of ICU today, he ate real food, enjoyed ice cream and walked the halls. He has improved so much each day, getting stronger mind body and spirit. We continue to pray for a speedy recovery and we look forward to going home some day this week.

Thank you again for all your prayers,
God Bless,
Hallie

Day 3-Prayers are Answered!!!!

God has been watching over us the last few days and today he answered many prayers. Eric is off the ventilator and doing well. Movement in his right side is returning and he is awake!!!!! He even laughed and made us laugh today. Same old Eric!!!! So today good news!!!

Please continue to pray for Eric's speedy recovery and the strength for him to continue his fight with the positive attitude that has made all of us look at life a bit differently.

Thank you and God Bless,

Hallie

Compliations-Day 2

Well today was another day full of surprises! First we arrived at the hospital thinking great today he will get the tube out and breathe on his own. Then the lung Dr. came in and said no such luck Eric has pneumonia!!!! Great just what he needed. So they gave him some medication and will do another x-ray in the morning. Well Eric is doing much better in all other areas! Yea! He can respond to yes and no questions, move his left side with no problems and can move his right leg and foot and squeeze his right hand with a little grip. Although he can move his right arm if he gets upset with something they are doing to him. I know he is ready to be back to normal so hopefully tomorrow will be a better x-ray day for him. He shook his head no when we said he only needed to have the tube for 1 more day and he shook his head no that he was not going to be a good patient anymore. So hopefully Monday he will get the tube out or I think it may be a long day! Finally in regards to Eric he has very little pain and has not needed any pain medicine so this is also a good sign that things are going well in regards to the brain surgery.

I also wanted to thank Chaplin Steve and his wife for stopping by to pray with Eric and the family. It was very moving and it was after the prayer that he started to move his right side. As we all know prayer can be very powerful! So please keep us in your prayers.

Thank you all for all your support and God Bless,

Hallie

Complications-Update Day 1

Dear Family & Friends,

I wanted to give you the current info on Eric. As of now he is moving his left side with no problems, the right side still needs some work but it looks like it will be fine. The tube will be coming out tomorrow and he will be awake if all goes as planed tonight. He was responsive to myself and his family squeezing our hands, he even waved goodbye tonight. The CAT scan came back looking fine and I am not sure if they will be doing it again. I know not on Sunday but maybe on Monday the Dr will order another CAT scan. So things are looking good right now and we will just keep praying!

Thank you for all your support we are lucky to have such a wonderful support group.
Hallie

Update About Complications

Dear Friends and Family,

I wanted to let everyone know about Eric's current situation. Unfortunately yesterday was a tough day for him and he was in a lot of pain. So the Dr's made sure that he was medicated and not feeling any pain, this made him very sleepy and not very responsive. Around 8pm last night the nurse came to check on him and his right side was not moving and he was not talking. The rushed him into the CAT scan and saw blood. He had a small leak from something and there was a clot. So at 10pm they took him back to surgery and removed the blood and clot. They are not sure what caused the leak but the surgeon said he was cautiously optimistic that everything would be fine. So far today his has movement in his left foot and hand, his right foot reacts to touch and his right hand is still not working. He is sedated and has a tube for breathing to keep his blood pressure down and his the CAT scan comes back ok today they will ween him from the tube and wake him up. I know this is a surprise for everyone but Eric is a fighter and I know he will pull out of this just fine. Please continue the prayers and I will try to update as often as possible I know he has a lot of people who care about him and we both want everyone to know whats going on with his current fight.

Thank you for all your prayers,

Hallie