Grady McGuire

Update on Grady,Monday morning Grady was transferred, by ambulance, to SeattleChildren's Hospital for intense, in-house rehabilitation. While therehe will have 1 1/2 hours of Physical, Occupational, and Speech therapymorning and afternoonHe no longer has a feeding tube and an opthamology evaluation showsthe right eye is functioning well, but the not left eye.The projected discharge date from Seattle Children's is August 7, butthat isn't set in stone. That's a lot earlier that the earlierprojected 6 months.Your prayers are working. Keep them up as we have a long way to gobefore he is back. He still isn't speaking, but he is walking withsupport, and getting better every day. Thank you for all yoursupport.

Grady McGuire

Grady was back in PICU on Saturday because of breathing problem Theydid a procedure to open the airway, and he is awake and breathingeasy..Grady is aware of when someone isn't standing by and holding his hand.He wakes up moving his left arm up and around as if looking forsomeone to take it. As soon as someone does, he settles down. Theneuropsychologist has been positive about him being able to use hisright side, but to expect 6 months of rehabilitation..Please pray that the neurons will reroute themselves, and his limbswill work eventually. His basal ganglia is damaged, but they don'tknow the extent. Grady will tell us when he comes back - we know he'sin there!Grady is not on any meds except methadone and a steroid. He has abrace on his left arm so he can't pull out his tubes.Thank you for praying

Grady McGuire

TUE 1130 PM from his GrandmotherGrady [McGuire] has been taken off all sedatives, and we are hoping to seehim come out of the coma sometime soon although it may take hours. TheDr. said he is ahead of the schedule they usually see, but we are not outof the woods yet. The numbers are good and there has been a significntreduction in the swelling. There is still no prognosis as to when he willbe out of PICU or what he will be like when he does return to us. Weexpect major handicaps, but we can handle that. Only time will tell. Your prayers are helping a lot, and we are convinced that they are theonly reason we still have him with us. Of course he still has to undergoanother surgery to replace the part of the skull they removed in the lastsurgery. Jerry

Grady McGuire

The Mattock’s relative, Grady, is in need of prayer. Grady's Father is an Army SSgt having served several tours in Iraq.FRI Jun 12 Grady McGuire [3 years old] fell out a 2nd story window onto a concrete driveway. He is very severely injured, and they didn't think he'd make it. They did an emergency surgery about noon and removed a hemotoma the size of a plum, and were able to do it without taking any brain tissue. This afternoon his numbers were better, but he is a long way from being out of the woods. It could goeither way, and there still is no way to know how severe the damage to the brain is.Please pray for Grady's recovery and for the family.

Thank you!