October 26

Tom continues to make slow progress with his outpatient therapy.  Thank you for your continued prayers for him and the family.

I am writing tonight to ask you to pray for Tom tomorrow at 9 AM.  He had a recheck at the eye clinic today, and they found that he has a detached retina.  Bryan heard that it is 1/4 detached, which may be why he has not mentioned it as a problem.  We are so thankful it was caught early.  He will have surgery to repair it tomorrow at 9 AM.  Please pray for wisdom for the doctors, and for a smooth repair and recovery.

Tomorrow Tom was supposed to meet with his doctor from Loyola, whom he has not seen since he left there, still in a coma.  We were all looking forward to this appointment I think, since this was the one doctor who gave us a glimmer of hope in August when Tom was not responding well.  We were also hoping for further direction on all the medications that he has been taking this past month that may no longer be necessary.  Please pray that another appointment with this doctor will open up soon -- it was hard to schedule it in the first place!

Thanks again for your prayers,

Brenna