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Anna Grylls update Wednesday 9am
I was so uplifted to read the comments to the previous post. Thank you! Our spirits are good today and our faith is strong. The last couple days were tough as we were really just waiting - with the cold and sedation there really wasn't any prospect of visible progress, so all we......Read More

Posted on: 2007-08-01 06:38:22 | Rating:

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Anna Grylls update Wednesday 12 noon
She is warming up nicely and they've turned her on her side, which is good, she always sleeps on her tummy or side. Please pray specifically that her temperature comes to normal (no fever), and that her brain starts using more oxygen and waking up gently. Please also pray that Jay......Read More

Posted on: 2007-08-01 08:59:57 | Rating:

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Anna Grylls update Wednesday 2pm
I realized that I've been painting a picture of Anna over many posts piece by piece - and so the whole picture of her status may not be clear. So, I wanted to just make it clear how she is right now: Since she was sedated more (was it yesterday or the day before?) she's basically......Read More

Posted on: 2007-08-01 12:18:57 | Rating:

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Anna Grylls update Wednesday 10pm
I honestly thought it was already Thursday. Whoops. At least I remembered our wedding anniversary yesterday... We went to the cafeteria for lunch together. It was real romantic. :) Anna went down and up today, I don't want to over-state the improvement, but she......Read More

Posted on: 2007-08-01 18:57:37 | Rating:

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Anna Grylls update Thursday 9am
They cut Anna's sedation in half just now, and she is starting to wake up. Vital signs are a little up and down, but all is well. I will update later as we see how she's doing with lower sedation. I'll be honest, the devil is starting to annoy me. When we defeat his......Read More

Posted on: 2007-08-02 07:25:14 | Rating:

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Anna Grylls update Thursday 8pm
It's been a hectic afternoon. Read on. First, Anna is much the same, she is sleeping a lot, doing the shuffle a little, not opening her eyes much. She is very peaceful. About 3pm Lael and I were enjoying lunch (another date! two in one week!) when we got the......Read More

Posted on: 2007-08-02 17:32:36 | Rating:

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Anna Grylls update Friday 10am
Anna had a good night's rest, she is much more settled. So did we. Pray that Auntie Jay sleeps well today, she did the night-shift as usual last night. They took Anna off sedatives completely this morning. Pray that she tolerates it. So far, all is very well.......Read More

Posted on: 2007-08-03 07:48:03 | Rating:

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Anna Grylls update Friday 5pm
Are you ready for some good news? Alrighty then... This morning she responded to ALL her reflext tests. Now, she didn't make the correct response, but she responded. For example, when the doc touched her eye, she didn't try to close her eyelid, she just wiggled and......Read More

Posted on: 2007-08-03 14:24:38 | Rating:

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Anna Grylls update Saturday 9am
Anna had a great night. They took her off TPN and Lipids (intravenous food). She has nothing going in her IV at all, and is getting all her nutrition from formula (44cc, about 1.5 ounces, per hour). Her breathing continues to get stronger, the ventilator is down almost to its......Read More

Posted on: 2007-08-04 07:19:49 | Rating:

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Anna Grylls update Saturday 2pm
Anna just had a bed-bath, her hair done, and new tape on her face. She looks beautiful! They took the brain oxygen monitor off, which was covering her forehead, so her face looks great. Her skin is doing fine, she doesn't seem to have any sores or any problem......Read More