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Wednesday, April 26, 2000

Sam's Gettin' Busy

Dearest Sam’s Fan Club,

Sam is still overall doing amazingly well. He rarely used Oxygen in the last week. He still has pain from the infection and continued healing. However, his spirits and motivation to do normal activity are high.

We went to the Center for Wound Care at Medical City Hospital on Monday. The two dime size holes and one quarter size hole are still present. However, new tissue is starting to form. They said that it’ll take a couple of weeks for things to look significantly better. We go back in two weeks. In the mean time, the surgeon started Sam on some systemic antibiotics to help fight the infection that is in these areas. It still looks awful to us - but the Wound Care folks were pleased that a tiny bit of new tissue was apparent.... more baby steps forward.

Our big treat this week was that Sam felt good enough to go to church on Easter Sunday. It was his first real outing - doctor appointments don’t count. He enjoyed being out with the family again and seeing his friends at church. He was all smiles. And the nurse who went with us said that it was such a nice group of people there that she’d attend if she lived closer. Preston Road Church always leaves that impression on folks. Sam will mostly stay close to home until the infection is gone - however, Easter Sunday seemed like a great time to take him out and worship our Healing Lord.

Sam will start homebound school this Friday, April 28. The Richardson teacher will spend two hours on Fridays and two hours on Mondays helping Sam with his work. We want to try to do a little catch up before the next school year begins in August. He’ll be glad to be doing more ... but he really just wants to get out of the house! Oh well, we are thankful for the problems we have!! Boredom is a good problem to have.

David went back to work this week - one week earlier than planned. Kelly’s also back doing her normal (part-time) work this week. With nurses still present at home (18 hours/day), we can manage things a little easier. And, our faithful nanny, Ursula, is back in full swing, slinging diapers, serving Spaghetti-Os and bathing dirty ears. With Sam doing so well, we are all trying to get more “normal” back into life again ... never thought sitting in rush hour traffic would be fun.

To our astonishment, more money for the Friends of Sam Beller Fund came in from David’s office and Kelly’s office and various other anonymous sources. We have been so blessed by everyone’s concern for Sam and your generous hearts. We feel the responsibility that goes with such gifts to use it in ways to help Sam’s life ... and very thankful to pay those bills! We are grateful to have financial stress lifted while helping Sam through the hospital stay and recovery.

We ask for continued prayers for the pseudemonus bacteria to subside on Sam’s back so the incision can heal in a clean and healthy manner.

May God bless all of you for your love and concern you continue to have for Sam.

Love to you all,
Kelly & David