Update on Officer

Hello All,
Byrd, hang in there with the Ava! I'll keep in you in my thoughts today. Try not to get puked on--that will only make it worse--but you probably know that already :)

Thought you might like to know that Fishburn is doing remarkably well. They took him off of the coma inducing medications and have him under general anesthesia (the same medications you get when you have surgery). In order to see how his brain is functioning they have pulled him out of the general anesthesia enough to ask him questions and check his ability to move his body parts. Amazingly enough yesterday the doctors asked him to hold up two finger and he did! Barring unforeseen issues they think he's at least going to live and it looks like he'll probably regain function of his body. But there are still a lot of unknowns--like his speech and mental capacity. But, by golly...it truly is a miracle that he is still alive. Eli was explaining to me all the support and care he received within the first few moments of getting shot. One officer was a trained EMT--not to mention the fact that he was raced to the hospital escorted by 5 lights and sirens police cruisers and a helicopter. If this had happened in a smaller city or in a more rural area he would have died. So this is all good news and has helped some in the morale of Eli, the other officers and certainly their loved ones--including me!

I'm trying to get the house picked up and orderly because the Bruno's are flying into the States today. They will be staying here at our house for a week before heading off to do some other things.
If you haven't seen the Curious George movie that came out a year or so ago you should. Kenna and I watched it the other day and it was cute. I laughed out loud many times.

My garden is looking good. It's a little behind some of the other gardens in our neighborhood--but I guess that's ok because we'll still get things later in the summer.

Well, I should get back to cleaning the house.
Ciao
Liz