Need some smoke & prayers for my Dad

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My old man's a pilot and has wrecked pretty bad before. I feel your pain and my thoughts are with you brother..
 
Prayers from Florida. Get some rest, it is going to be a long process. No point in getting sick too.
 
(6PM Day 2)I just got back.His condition has very,very,very slightly improved.He's still unresponsive to their commands ie:"gimme a thumbs up if you can hear me".His BP is stable.He's a lot warmer today than yesterday.Yesterday he was ice cold to the touch.
I think he hears us.He's more active ie:moving his arms & legs,when we're in the room talking,than when no one's in there at all.His face looks better than yesterday.The swelling has gone down some.
The doctors are unsure of the amount a brain damage he has.They said he's made it through the worse part,the first 24hrs.Also said he's a fighter & he has a strong will to live.
They told me today he may never get better,or ever be able to walk & talk again.Only time will tell.He's still in critical condition & he will be that way for some time.

Here's a pic I took of him today



Thank you all for your continued support.
 
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My Thoughts and Prayers go out to you and your Family. God Speed and may he continue to be Blessed. John
 
Thankyou for the update John. Prayers and positive thoughts for him and you and your family continue.
 
Prayers going up.
I have been as close as you can get to dying a few times without taking the final step. That said, the most I've ever been scared was when my parents were in a bike accident. I hope he has a quick and complete recovery.
 
Smoke and prayers goin' out for you, your Dad, and Family.

Some extra smoke and prayers to Columbanus, the Patron Saint of Bikers.
 
Prayers sent for your dad and your family, JTR. Stay positive and hopeful no matter what.
 
T. Erdelyi said:
Smoke and prayers goin' out for you, your Dad, and Family.

Some extra smoke and prayers to Columbanus, the Patron Saint of Bikers.
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Thanks T,I'm going to read this to him tomorrow(I hope it's not too religeousy for a multi-cultural forum).

The Patron Saint Of Motorcycling

The Vatican has officially endorsed an early Irish saint, Columbanus of Bobbio, as the patron saint of motorcyclists. He was born on the Carlow/Wicklow border in the year 543 ad, and died at the monastery he founded in Bobbio, in what is now Northern Italy in 615 AD, after many years of traveling around Europe. His bones still lie interred in his church there.

A handsome rugged kind of chap, he left Ireland to escape the clutches of lascivious women who were irresistibly attracted to him. According to the biography of his life written by Jonas, one of the many miracles attributed to him involved the multiplication of bread and beer, as follows:

"A while after, Columban went to the monastery of Fontaines and found sixty brethren hoeing the ground and preparing the fields for the future crop. When he saw them breaking up the clods with great labor, he said, "May the Lord prepare for you a feast, my brethren." Hearing this the attendant said, "Father, believe me, we have only two loaves and a very little beer." Columban answered, "Go and bring those." The attendant went quickly and brought the two loaves and a little beer. Columban, raising his eyes to heaven, said, "Christ Jesus, only hope of the world, do Thou, who from five loaves satisfied five thousand men in the wilderness, multiply these loaves and this drink." Wonderful faith! All were satisfied and each one drank as much as he wished. The servant carried back twice as much in fragments and twice the amount of drink. And so he knew that faith is more deserving of the divine gifts than despair, which is wont to diminish even what one has."
 
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