A note from Mia today indicated that after meeting with doctors and staff, Gary may get to go home before the 17th of September. Mia said the hospital will send a team to evaluate the home for suggestions to make life easier for Gary and the family. She will know more later in the week and will let us know. Bill and I are still on standby to go and help when she gives the word. So, please pray for all of us as this miracle unfolds. We all have prayed and waited for the day that he could go home and now it's becoming a reality. Praise God for giving Gary back to us!

Much love, Nancy and Bill

Mia got to meet with Gary's primary care doctor today and was very encouraged by his plan to observe Gary for a while and watch his improvement as he's doing every day now. He has a neurologist coming in who'll work with him in testing, etc. Both of them seem to think that there's hope that he'll come out of this. WHEN is unpredictable as we all know. Each case is different, but they think with his young age and the fact that he's a fighter, is a plus for him.

Mia's sister, Tina, sat with her a while today at the hospital and Leah went by for about an hour to see her dad. I think Mia likes the company to help her get through the day. One of the staff directors suggested to Mia that she bring home videos of Gary's family that was taken in the past to show him. Also, she said that they encourage dogs to come, once they've met protocol required by the hospital. Mia said she and Leah and the boys would work on that for sometime next week.

Hopefully, we'll have even more good news tomorrow! Keep the prayers going to Him for him!

Love to all of you, Bill and Nancy

P.S. Bill and I will be leaving in the morning for Wisconsin, but will continue to post to the blog with our laptop.

I'm sorry that I didn't get to post this morning after talking with Mia, but Bill and I were baby-sitting 3 little girls all day long. There wasn't much news this morning anyway, except that Gary was still having some GI problems and he was turning his head when Mia tried to shave him. Then he grinned at her. She was really proud of that grin!

Then this afternoon late she called to say that she'd left the hospital around noon to make visits to two acute care rehabilitation centers in Los Angeles. She had researched them and found their ratings through Fortune 500. However, she wanted to personally visit them and talk with the staff and then determine which one was the best for Gary's situation. The one she liked best is Kindred and is located not too far from the LAX airport. Of course it will be a longer drive for Mia but she doesn't care about that as long as she can feel confident that Gary is being cared for the best way possible. She said when she walked in the Kindred facility she just knew that was the place for him. She said from the receptionist to the last person she talked with, she was impressed. Also, she said it was bright and cheerful. Gary would probably not have a private room, but they were going to try to find him one. Mia was very encouraged with the talks that she had there with the doctors and staff about Gary's case. They were anxious to get him and the challenge that he would be for them. She still doesn't know when Gary will be moved there but he probably will be moved from ICU to the Telemetry Unit at the present hospital first and then transferred to Kindred.

When she called she was stuck in traffic and was on her way back to the hospital. She's Gary's greatest asset and I'm so thankful for her. Please continue to pray for her and Gary as she makes these decisions for him.

God bless all of you for caring and praying for them.

Love, Bill and Nancy

P.S. Pray for us, too! We have 3 more kids tonight - 13, 11, 11.