Daily Changes with Ben and Lilfe in General. by Lois Miller on Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Have some errands to run then will go to MCR. I am so thankful he went there. I would have asked them to take him there anyway. Lots of phone calls and prayers for Ben. He is well liked and trusted by everyone so they are all hopeing for good news as we are. Keep the prayers going up so the blessings will come down. We are to meet with one of the insurance people today. I pray all goes well and the insurance folks don't do the catch me if you can dance. So far they have been great. Love you all and will keep you updated as we go. Post later this evening when I get home.

Day 5

by Lois Miller on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 11:31pm 

They did another CT scan of Ben's brain today. No changes which I was told is good. Wanted to straigten things out. He did NOT have a heart attack as I first thought. When he fell from the work van on to the ground and hit his head so badly, it caused a cardiac arrest. that is pretty common I guess,per doctors. He is finally resting tonight. They really had their work cut outo for them yesterday and last night. HE was quite restless and not an easy patient by any means. Today they found the magic bullet drug that is keeping his blood pressure down.. YAY! I have total faith that he will pull out of this and do just great. Prayers and good thoughts are always appreciated. I can't tell you how much it has meant to thet family to have such awesome support. One of the kids I "adopted" came over to day and mowed the lawn. I really appreciated that. I pick good kids. :D Sara is doing a great job handling the insurance and paperwork for me. I am very thankful as right now I can listen to someone andn completely understand the important thing I need to know. HOwever, 15 minutes later I have forgotten half of it. This tells me how stressed I am without realizing. G'nite all need rest to watch Master Colton tomorrow morning. Love you all and thank you so very much.

Day 4

Ben Update Sunday 28

by Lois Miller on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 3:20pm

They want him kept very quiet today. When we are in the room he gets over stiumlated and starts moving around and causing his "numbers" to get too high. Very frustrating. Maybe I can clean house until I go back tonight. :D I truly appreciate all the the prayers and warm thoughts from all of you. It has meant a lot to me and to the family too. He is making progress. They want him to be able to do certain things on command before they start taking away meds and tubes. I am so proud of him and his progress. Yahoo!

Yes Jamie always have hugs for you, silly fella :D Hope you can make it down to see us soon.

Again thank you ALL!  Ben's boss and co worker visited yesterday and today.  That means so m uch to know they are there for support.  The kids are there 24/7 for Ben and for me.  It is great.

Day 3

Ben Update August 27 2011
by Lois Miller on Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 7:57pm
Well I finally made it to my own computer. They have taken Ben off the paralactics and are raising his body temperature back to where it should be. He is moving around a bit in his bed. Still doesn't open his eyes but I have faith he will do this tomorrow. When I walked into his room today I said, Hello handsome how are you today.? He turned his head and his arms towards me. That was awesome. He is progressing, but it may be as long as a year before he is back to full power. However we will take one day at a time and thank God for every moment. Thank you ALL so very much for your prayers, calls, food etc. You make me realize how truly blessed we are. Know that you are all appreciated and mean so much to me. If I could I would hug you all!

Day 1

by Lois Miller on Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 11:48pm

I just got home. Jen & Kaily are spending the night. Joy and I came home. Ben's heart is not damaged. However when he collapsed and fell from the top of his work truck he has brain damage. They don't know how extensive it is right now. The neurologist inserted a probe in his brain to measure intercranial pressure. When I went to look in on him before coming home the nurse told me his brain has started to swell so they had to medicate. He is keeping them very busy tonight. The nurse hugged me and told me to pray very hard. That is what we will do. I love you all. If any of Kaily's friends on here, come see her at MCR and give her some support if you can. You ALL know she would do it for YOU.

My Sweet, Sweet Brother

I set up this blog one night in the hospital after Ben had his accident.  My hope was to document our journey through this nightmare.  Well, as good intentions go, I didn't follow through with posting anything. I don't know if I can make up for lost time, but I think I will try to go into Skipper's Facebook profile and paste her updates on here. She has done a good job of updating everyone.