More Callie Jayne

I found a couple more cute pics of Callie Jayne. The one at left was taken on the 4th of July 2007. Callie was 5 months old and Sarah was 17. Sarah loves that baby!

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The next photo shows Callie with her big sister Amber (also age 17) while we watched the big family football game after Thanksgiving dinner, when Callie was 10 months old.

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I spoke with Dana at 2pm today, and the news is promising.
At around 2am Callie seemed to become aware of her pain and she was given morphine, but soon after that her respiration began to improve dramatically. By this afternoon she was doing more than 50% of her breathing on her own.

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A new CT Scan today showed no damage on the left side of Callie's brain, where they removed the blood clot. There is an area of damage on the right side, but doctors said it looked as they expected and no worse. Callie has been moving quite a bit. The movements on her right side are better than those on the left, but she is moving BOTH sides, which is a good sign. Even the surgeon felt her movement today was promising. After watching her, he told Jeff and Dana, "This baby is waking up!"

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While we talked, the surgeon was inserting a sensor into Callie's brain to monitor the pressure in her skull, so we know she is not out of the woods yet. The doctor still believes she will not recover 100%, but so far the news we have is gladsome tidings!

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Just a note: another sister-in-law, Lori--married to my brother LeRoy--has another sweet photo of Callie and some info on her blog, if you want to check it out. Do NOT use the link at left below because it keeps switching to some strange blog that is NOT Lori's. Instead, paste this address into your browser: http://adoubleshotofespresso.blogspot.com/

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Dana asked me to convey to everyone how their family is feeling your love and prayers and concern crossing the distance between. She said it is lifting them up as Aaron and Hur lifted the arms of Moses when his strength was gone, and it surrounds Callie Jayne with a peaceful, happy feeling.

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As difficult as this time is, it has been an amazing opportunity for increasing faith in our Heavenly Father and His plans for His children. The steadfastness of Dana and Jeff--my little brother!--is inspiring to all of us. It's a reminder that God is in His Heaven, and we must simply be still and know that He is God.