Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Miracles!! do happen!!

I can't wait any longer!!!! MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!! The Lord is hearing our faith and prayers and those sweet little children who have prayed and fasted need to know we are making HUGE progress.

Miracle 1--The collar is OFF, all clear!
Miracle 2 and 3 --The ventilator is out and the oral gastric tube is out of her mouth. It's all her now and she is doing great!
Miracle 4--She is comprehending and responding to so much that everyone here is amazed.

Let me tell you how she has responded to some of our requests and conversation. She is telling us whether she is in pain or not by a nod or shake of the head that is more obvious than this morning. When we ask her to open her eyes, the right brow goes up and the eye opens 1/4", the left side there is but a slight movement of the brow and nothing of the eye. When we ask her to smile the right side is definitely turned up but there is no movement in the left side. What that means is uncertain at this time. It could be nothing more than the fact that there is still swelling on that side of her face which we do see in the eye. (It still looks pretty bad with the swelling.) Or it might be more of a neurological issue that she will need to work on. Time will tell which miracle we will have there.

Shannon reaches her hand towards us. She pointed her finger towards the doctor as if to say who is she and then she did the "come here" sign with her finger. She responded to the doctors questions, wanted to pull more tubes out until we explain why they were there. Today she says she doesn't remember the accident which may be because of the versaid medication which makes you forget!

But here's the best and I hope that all of her high school teachers will hear about this. They had all looked at Shannon's current status in their classes, we turned in a couple of papers that were in her backpack, and then they "froze" her grade at where she was. For those that know Shannon, you know that it would be straight "A"s. She would look at Powerschool several times a day waiting for an assignment to post or a test grade to be entered. It was so important to HER to get all "A"s. She had been working so hard because SHE wanted to say that she had a 4.0 for the year. I can't thank the teachers and administration enough for excusing her from the last 2 weeks of school and giving her the grade she had earned. SO another miracle from Shannon because of her awesome teachers...(this is supposed to be the great build up because this is incredible and makes me cry). We told her what had taken place with her grades and that she had a 4.0! She lifted her hand in to the "OK" sign and smiled. Then with her other hand she showed 4 fingers and then an O. It was just so joyful for us to see that reaction. Everyone here is just so surprised and pleased.

That took a lot out of her and she is sleeping now. They are slowly taking her off the medications--it will take a couple of days and they will go according to how she responds. We plan to be able to post more miracles each day as she wakes up more and shows us what she can do and where we need to work.

Please continue your faith and prayers for Shannon but today add a word of thanks to our Father in Heaven for allowing us to see these miracles happen. We are ever so grateful to the One that has made this possible because of your faith! We feel certain that the Lord will continue to hear our pleas for a full recovery.
Pheobe

15 comments:

  1. I'm tearing up reading this update. So amazing! Congratulations on the 4.0 Shan!

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  2. Wonderful! I am so glad our many prayers are being answered...and what an amazing girl to be in a coma and still have a 4.0! Yay for Shannon!

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  3. The tears are running down my face so fast I can hardly see the keys to type. What wonderful news. Keep up the good work Shannon. Judy

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  4. Brooklynn, Emma and I are all crying and are so grateful. Brooklynn said "maybe it's because I had so much faith in God and fasted that Heavenly Father listened to my prayers!". Emma said, "maybe it's because I paid my tithing!" I can't wait for these two little girls to talk to her and see her. We are so full of gratitude today.

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  5. OH!! Happy Happy day... my dad used to tell me, it's always darkest before dawn... today is sunny for sure!! :-) Tears of gratitude, tears of joy, tears of faith... what sweet news this is... Tell Shannon thanks for the sweetest birthday gift Sister Call could get. We love you we love her we love your whole family...such good news, Phoebe. We will continue with our prayers of faith and gratitude. JoAnn and Larry

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  6. This is Will and Kathy, we are on our way home from picking up Shannon's grandma to bring her home to Idaho with us for a couple of weeks. We were able to stop by the hospital so grandma could see Pheobe and Udell, which made her feel so much better as she has been unable to see them until now. Thanks Pheobe for texting her and giving us the heads-up to look at this! Grandma is weeping softly and we all feel a great deal of gratitude to Heavenly Father for blessing this sweet young woman and her family. Wow! A 4.0! Shannon, you are truly amazing! As the baby of the all the McBride grandchildren, you have made us all feel so proud! Keep up the good work - maybe we'll be hearing you address your graduating class next year - woo-hoo!

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  7. What an over achiever! I am thrilled.

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  8. Shanni, did anyone ever doubt you? If I have had doubts, it has been about my own faith, well at least part of the time! You NEVER cease to amaze me! I so wish I could be there to see you, and cannot wait for the green light that says I can come visit. You know, I had text you that very day so that we could finish our conversation from the Sunday before. WoW! I now have tons to run by you! You are THE ONE! We have all learned so much from you, and will continue to do so. I love you little lady! Text me when we can chat! Ok, well, I know that won't be for awhile, but it made me smile to ask anyway! xoxoxo

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  9. That is all such great news! I will tell Lucy. She keeps saying things in her prayers like she hopes Shannon can get a new head. It is pretty sweet. I was also reflecting on how many times I've watched or heard about you Pheobe in this role of "nurse" and "caregiver". I guess most recently with Grandma and Grandpa Blackham. My mom always told me of the many hours you spent caring for them. You seem to have an endless supply of love, patience and energy towards serving people who can't currently do everything for themselves!

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  10. Such blessed news today! I am in Minnesota with Susanna, Stuart, Eli, and Gideon. When I asked the blessing on the food last night, I didn't mention Shannon and got reprimanded by Sus, so she's now remembered verbally at least five times a day here without fail. Susanna and Stuart were wanting the details of today's report and understand that Heavenly Father is blessing her. They thought it was funny that she made a 4.0 sign with her fingers. Two weeks and counting....while we all try to be patient. We are so grateful and send our love. Pat

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  11. Shannon. Im Jealous of your 4.0... way to go girl, teach me your ways!

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  12. Way to go, Shannon! I love reading about how you are progressing day to day.

    Phoebe, thanks for this blog. I am so inspired by you and your family's faith as you go through all this. Today, I'm coming to Salt Lake and I would love to stop by with some homemade bread. You don't even need to come and see me, I just figured you might be getting tired of hospital food. I don't have your e-mail, but you can call or text me at 801-361-4623 and let me know if that is okay.
    Thanks so much for being such a great example! Cindy Pedersen, Nikko's mom

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  13. So happy! We were only in the ward a short while, but I have been following this blog and just waiting to hear the latest...so excited and thrilled. I'm holding back tears!

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  14. HI Blackham Family, This is Josh and Nikki Ward, we are Aaron and Kim's friends that meet you at Brooklyn's Baptism. I just wanted to let you know that we have been so concerned for you and have been following this blog to see how Shannon is doing. We are so happy to hear this wonderful news! We have had her and your family in our prayers and will continue to do so. How amazing it is to watch the Lord's hand in everything!!!

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  15. W.O.W!!!!
    That is awesome!! Love getting the updates and love you guys!

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