Me Too.

I used to cringe as my Daddy would say those words to me. I wondered why he would tell everyone else he loved them, but he would say Me too only to me. I got kind of used to those words after awhile. I would occasionally make him say I love you just for me to hear it out of his mouth. Then, he got so sick. How I longed to hear Me too again! A week ago they put a talking piece in his trach. He has been very confused since he had been sedated for 70 plus days! We never know what will come out of his mouth. He proudly told me that Mom was pregnant!!!!! He was SO EXCITED about this news and could not wait to tell me. Ha ha! We had a great laugh over that news. We began to hear I love you all over again even to me. But, I knew that he was just saying it back to me and that was not him yet. He told Jaelynn and I to watch out because a gorilla was coming. Mom said they were having a zoo seminar at the hospital today. (all according to Daddy) Then, last night he seemed to be more himself more often than not. He was calling Jaelynn and Jolie by their name and nicknames. Which it is always interesting to see how Jolie will react to him. She is slowly warming up to all the machines and tubes. As we were saying our goodbyes I told Daddy I loved him like I always do. He smiled really big and said ME TOO!!!! Hip Hip Hooray!!!!!!!! I lit up like a Christmas tree and was SO THRILLED to hear those beautiful words again! So, slowly on his 80th day in the hospital our Daddy is fighting his way back to reality with all the pain and physical therapy still yet to come. Please continue to lift him up in prayer he has a long process still to go, but God is still continuing to work in his situation.