Pulling Through......

It's been a while, so let's get right to it.

The past 5 days have seen some extraordinary activity in the Team Doughten community!  This past Friday, our dear Middie Mom fell down 4 steps at 21 Blount Road and was rushed to Christiana Hospital.  Early reports suggest that her hair actually came off in the fall!  And all this time we thought it was an unmovable, permanent fixture of Team Doughten, much like Pork's nose or Harry's bed time.

Anyway, after much pain and a prolonged stay in the emergency room, Middie was finally transferred up to ICU where she has been for the past 4 days.  We've been waiting for her to move to a "normal" hospital room, but as of this writing, that hasn't happened.

This is normally the part of the blog where we would put up a bunch of fake pictures and make lame jokes, but given the circumstances, for this blog post we'll just stick to some updates and amazing blessings that God has granted:

~ Middie had a few fractures in her spine, but nothing impacted her spinal cord or required surgery

~ As of this posting, no other fractures were found anywhere which, given how she fell, is truly a miracle

~ Ann has not left the hospital since Friday, and we have had a revolving door of family both visiting Middie and staying the night with Ann (thanks to Miss Linda for making sure there were blankets and matching outfits/make-up/earrings for Ann to use during her stay with Middie.

~ Throughout the ordeal, Middie's blood cells have seemed to hold steady and despite some fluctuation in the count, nothing appears urgent at this time

~ Middie has been able to get out of bed and walk with assistance while wearing a back brace and may not need therapy.

~ It has also been reported that she was able to go to the bathroom without help

~ Most recently, there are reports coming in that she may come home in the next day or two!

~ in some sad news, Porkie Pop did not pass his eye exam for driving but in some happy news he has scheduled an appointment with the eye doctor to hopefully get things fixed.

~ Since the day of the fall last Friday, Harry has been talking non-stop about the importance of Mid needing to eat more and that if she had more "meat on her bones" she would apparently be impervious to falls.  Harry went on to elaborate his position at Pork's birthday dinner this past Sunday with the following statement: "now look at middie, and then you look at johnny and I, now if he or I fell we have some meat on our bones and we wouldn't get hurt and be in better shape from the fall!"  (Uncle John looks at Aunt Cath and quietly nods in agreement).

That's all for now, pictures will be forth coming of Porkie Pop's Birthday party and keep praying for Middie!