Oh what a beautiful morning! -(oklahoma style)

Ohhhhhhhh what a beautiful morning!!! thank you to rebecca from Huntington Beach who drove ALL the way to my house to give me a CD with that song on it..i also used the blanket last nite as i stayed over night with jon...

last night i came to jons room...his dad was still there taking care of him..he didnt eat much dinner..didnt feel too hungry he says...jon hendrickson was there along with camille hughes...jons father and jon hendrickson gave my jon a blessing..afterwards...holding back tears in his eyes jon hendrickson told my jon.."ya know i had a couple premonitions...one being that i would take part in a blessing for you ..which JUST happened..and the other that you were walking with a cane.." my jon was excited to hear about that!!

they soon left and it was just me and jon..we waited CLEAR till 1230am last nite before they gave him the anxiety medication which takes 30 minutes to set in..and then once he had that 10 minutes later they gave him the breathing treatment..which he says when he does he can literally feel the oxygen going clear thru his arms and out his toes even! he loves it! it put him right to sleep and he slept solid for 40 minutes..then he woke up almost in a panick..asking "where am i..whats going on..how come i cant move"..i was careful not to startle him or tell him he was in a hospital ..from an accident..things of that nature...instead i told him.."your alright..im right here with you in bed...were sleeping..breathe in thru your nose and out thru your mouth like this" ...and helped him to follow my pattern - thanks tracy for the tip! totally worked!!!!!!! he would do this every 10 minutes..wake up a bit startled..but i calmly talked him back into sleep..he then moved to every 20 minutes..then 30 minutes..then one hour at a time..each time less and less startled..i would just keep saying.."jon your doing great..im proud of you...we're just sleeping..im right by your side here..breathe thru your nose"..he would only be awake for 5-10 seconds and then boom..back to deep sleep...keep in mind this is the FIRST time he's made it to deep sleep or REM sleep since LAST wednesday!!! so you can imagine falling completely asleep and then walking up to feeling what he's feeling- its a bit scary!!! but that night i asked HF to help me to know the things to say and do to help him stay calm..which was CRUCIAL for him...HF stepped in and i was provided with the right things to say...whatever came to my mind..i simply said quietly and calmly...he slept CLEAR till 730am!!!!!!!!!!! it was AMAZING!! hence my title "oh what a beautiful morning"..he said he was SOOOOO very grateful for me-- he was SOOO happy he could get "real sleep" for once!!! he's so scared at nite..but not last nite..
this am he felt super groggy..he THINKS its because of that anxiety medicine..but it had been 9 hours..i told him its probably because he had REAL sleep..i myself can HARDLY get myself to wake up!!! i started him eating his breakfast and moving things around..he didnt want to be sluggish and grougy for the PT guys coming in..they wanted to put him in a wheel chair today - so he didnt want to be out for that!!
the nurses came in and moved things around for him..he could even tell you which way his toes were going..he cant move them..but if someone else can..he knows...same thing with his knees..he can tell you which one it is and what your doing with it - its awesome!!

so today he's pretty sleepy..it should be an okay day to see him..he is there now with my sister in law kellie hales..i told kellie to not be shy about letting people know if he's not up for visitors..jon can only take so much..and he's WAY too nice to send anyone home...if anyone does go down today PLEASE bring him gummy bears or worms or licorice...something to help keep his mouth wet...he's still very dry..and thats why he wakes up at nite..and then he just gets startled..i talked to the doctor about getting him something for his dry nose..that maybe if he just had something to help with that..something basic like sudafed or anything like that..he could probably get to sleep without the anxiety medication..the only reason he woke up last nite was because his mouth was dry..

well im THRILLED that we had such a good nite together..im now going to go take a shower and hit the sack..im totally exhausted!!!

thank you everyone again for all your prayers, emails, phone calls, cards, service, just everything..he tells me.."i cant believe this many people even like me!?!? im just jon!!" but i tell him..he's not JUST jon...he's so much more..

its been interesting to go thru this journey so far..to be so let down so so so many times..it seems HF always does it that way..you get pushed till you give up and surrender to whatever the possibility lies ahead..then boom a simple small miracle happens..and your encouraged to trust in the Lord..thats really how my entire life has been..i always say to myself..well here comes the part where i go to the BITTER end...and then HF steps in..like that saying "after every storm..there comes a rainbow" i truly feel that this beautiful morning...