| | For the ones who are following the recovery of my son, all updates are now centralized in his Website . You can go to www.rodneyspears.org You can leave a word of encouragement when you visit. He reads them everyday and is blessed everytime. Thank you to all that have taken it as your ministry to pray especially for him.
This is the first time Rodney saw his son since the accident. He did not know what to think of his dad at first! He was not used to all the facial hair and hair on his daddy's head! But he recognized his voice! That was a sweet moment.
On the 12th of December, The team of trauma doctors came to the ICU Step Down Unit to make another assesment of his recovery. All of them were in tears when they told him he is finally leaving the ICU Unit! WOW! If you have followed where he was to this day, you would also say WOW! It is the Lord.
On the 13th of December, the young junior orthopedic doctor was filling in the Senior Orthopedic Doctor of the floor about Rodney's case. He was reciting all these medical lingo .... the Senior doctor touched my son's left foot when my son said said, "I can feel that". The junior doctor said, "I cannot explain that. The nerves were completely pulled from the sacrum (where the spine joins the pelvis) and was severed. They did not expect any sensation to return to the left leg. The nerve is the slowest growing part of our body. It can grow less than an inch in a year. The Senior Doctor then said, "Something is going in there!" The Junior Doctor was so baffled because he saw the severed nerves with his own eyes! There's no doubt that God was at work!
Continue to pray. The sensation in his leg and foot continues to get better. Just this morning, he told me that he feels shooting pain down to the foot from time to time. I believe those are the nerves trying to fuse together. God is the only one that can do that. In whatever capacity God will allow him to use his left leg, He will get the glory.
Late night of 14th, Dr Fann, the trauma doctor that saved his life... saved him from bleeding to to death, the doctor that did not give up even after my son bled through 2 1/2 times of his entire blood volume, came to see him. It was so nice to finally meet him.
The Physical Therapist Lady, Shawn came and Rodney scooted himself from the bed to the reclining chair all by himself. He just needed assistance with his legs. Whew! Shawn was pleased! He sat in that chair for 1 hour and 20 minutes!
Rodney's first time to sit upright for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Dad helped him pass the time away.
Yesterday, 15th of December, Dr. Tucker the Orthopedic doctor that literally worked on his pelvis and left hip was also surprised of how much sensation he has in his left leg. His quad muscle is strong and he was very pleased that something (I don't know the term, maybe the ligaments or tendon) is firing (that is the exact word that he used) at the back of his knee.
Later that morning, Dr. Morrison and other doctors came to assess his condition. For a long time, they all were talking outside his door. Dr. Barefoot who assisted came to see him and wished him well. Doctors from other units came just to see him. They said, "they told us about you and we just want to look at the miracle man." And they left.
They pulled his chest tube and took the central IV out and replace it with just one entry needle. His IV tower is not so threatening anymore. Continue to pray for continued healing on his wounds in the back where he had the incision and where they put the hardware (plates and screws) to put together his broken back pelvis together.
The PT Lady Shawn came again and this time Rodney was wheeled outside to breath fresh air for the first time Since November 16, 2008!
Here he is pictured with Reyna, Ryan, Angela and Rowana. First time to breath fresh air since the accident!
For one month, he was cocooned under the care of doctors and nurses. He developed that full dependence on them. And when he went outside for the first time, a weird feeling of fear came over him and he wanted to go back in. Now this morning, God sent Agnes his nurse who is a great Christian lady to encourage him and address his issue of fear. She said that once he is home the devil will discourage him, make him fear. She said, "Dig into the word, pray and claim his promises." I believe that God sends angels to aid us in time of need. He will never leave us nor forsake us. Praise be the Name of the Lord!
Here is my son Rodney. Lost a lot of weight. His eyes still a little bit sunken and has dark circles around his eyes. But considering from where he has been, he looks great!! With him is Agnes his day nurse that really encouraged his heart. TJ is a new nurse that she is training. They are both from Nigeria.
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