October update

Hi all,

Steve continues to progress physically and his mental/emotional outlook is, most days, resllient and strong.  His trust in God inspires me to keep on keeping on!

Latest achievements are more success in swinging his arm up on the wheelchair or bed and using the arm bicycle with hands strapped on.  This is with no therapist holding him erect!

We held a surprise birthday party for Steve here at Rosedale.  The activity staff was so thoughtful in setting up the room with fall decorations and tablecloths.  He was so happy to see everyone who came.  Thank you to so many others who sent cards....we enjoyed hearing from you:)  

We had a wonderful visit from one of his nurses from Drake, where he was for 13 months.  Erin had visited before and this time she brought us Panera dinner:)

She is one of the most compassionate nurses I have ever known.

Milwaukee friends Dave and Margo Hoffman were here for a couple of days and we had pizza outside in the courtyard.  They are like family to us.

We also had a visit from Bob and Sue Pinney.  Bob had a long ordeal with GBS also and now is recovered!  They were such an encouragement as they recounted stages in Bob's recovery and Steve nodded in recognition and asked a few questions.   

Our daughter Becky and granddaugher Diksha were here this past weekend.  Becky hadn't seen him since August and was so excited to see the difference in him!

Please keep checking back, we'll try to post more as we live life watching and waiting.

Nancy

This entry was written by the man himself- Steve Parsley!

Well here I am, nineteen months after I first went into the hospital with GBS.  I think I am getting better incrementally, day by day, at least that is what everybody around me tells me. The real thing I'm doing is laying in bed waiting for my nerves to reconnect.  I am experiencing several hours a week of therapy to keep my muscles limber and ready for when the nerves do reconnect.

However I am well entertained by the many visitors and those who communicate with me via email.

I am grateful to all those who have prayed for me.  Prayer works! I have gone from not even being able to lift an eyelid and having dozens of hoses running in and out of me to being almost normal and waiting to go home anxiously.

I hope that the prayers will continue.  I need it.  I also need prayers that  will reach the people serving me with my message of Christ and what he has done for me. 

Thank you so much for reading.  I will try to add more later.

Steve

Little birdie here

Steve's birthday is Oct 16th.

Cards can be sent to:
4250 Glenn Avenue
Covington KY 41015

Millimeter

Sorry its been a stretch between blog entries.  To be honest, I haven't posted in part due to my emotions and energy being so up and down.  As the Bible says, the battle is in the spiritual realm as we fight against discouragement and impatience. Our faith is being strengthened as we persevere, each day calling for a new supply as we trust God to see us through.

We are literally waiting for nerves to grow one millimeter at a time, yet the growth is invisible, UNTIL it shows up in another muscle movement that is new.  And there are!  Steve's therapists notice the most as they feel new muscles firing.  Lately, with the aid of a brace they found and holding Steve's arm up at the elbow, he is able to feed himself.  

Steve has mastered the ipad and mouth-guided stylus so he can use the internet to do things like prep for our Bible study that he leads there at Rosedale, and visit his train sites.  He has cleaned out his inbox of about 6,000 emails....imagine the patience:)  Steve would love to get emails from you and his address is: slparsley@gmail.com.  He can answer them, slowly, picking out one letter at a time with the stylus!

Steve will be guest author at this site soon so do check back!  Thank you for your continued support.

Nancy