Prayers for Sam

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Home Sweet Home

We finally made it home with the help of some awesome staff of Northwest Airlines from Amsterdam to Detroit (flight 39). They worked hard to make it a special flight for Sam. We can't say enough about the great crew. Thanks!

With all that behind us, if feels like this stage was a great success... but only 1 step on this road to improvement. Now the rehab starts. We are pleased with how Sam is recovering. On Friday I get to pull the rest of the staples out of Sam's back. Sounds fun to me, but Kris wants nothing to do with that. I keep telling Sam I am sharpening up the pliers and hammer. He just laughs.

Sam can't smell much or really taste much yet. That will take awhile to return. Maybe if I had that problem, I could loose weight easier!

Thanks again for keeping up with our adventures. The emails and comments help keep us motivated.

Thanks,
Randy, Kris, Luke, and Samuel.

5 Comments:

  • welcome home wassinks! we will miss you on manitou this weekend!! have fun pulling out those staples!
    smiles,
    tammi talen

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:39 PM  

  • welcome Home everyone! I am glad to see that everything went well and that you are all home safe and sound! Can't wait to talk to all of you guys about the trip and the surgery!

    Dee Dee, Bill, Matthew and Adam

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:39 AM  

  • Hey Sam,
    welcome home... can't wait to talk to you and see you at church soon.
    take care Sam....


    Matthew Hasty

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:40 AM  

  • these updates are truly amazing, congratulations on your continued recovery, Sam...

    Calvin

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:01 PM  

  • Hi Kris and Sam,

    I just wanted to let you know of Josh Holt's two websites and to let you know how the bio-feedback went today. They did find some muscle movement in his hips, but very slight, but with some hard work he could get more movement going. They want us to come back next Friday to try it again with him standing using his braces and walker.

    Here are the two sites:
    www.angelfire.com/hi5/holtpage
    www.joshwholt.blogspot.com

    We will keep you updated on these sites, plus we can talk on the phone from time to time. Let us know how your therapy in Detroit is going.

    Sue Holt

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:42 PM  

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