Håkan then – and now!

From being sedated – to being awake!
From near death – to life!
From 80% burns – to 0%!
From being completely bandaged – to small bandages!
From being swollen – to losing weight!
From drip – to food!
From being fed – to feeding himself!
From being bedridden – to being able to sit, strapped in!
From sitting strapped in – to sitting on his own!
From sitting – to walking on his own with a walker!
From respirator – to breathing on his own!
From speaking valve – to speaking on his own!
From being blind – to now seeing!
From not being able to blink – to being able to blink!
From many, many operations – to being done with operations!
From being medicated – to being clear in the head!
From having nursing care around the clock – to being able to push the call button!
From being unconscious – to consciousness!

I’m sitting here in deep gratitude and full of wonder over the fact that everything has gone so quickly – only 122 days. The doctor said to Håkan today, ”You think it’s going slowly, but we think it’s gone fast.”

When I went down to Sahlgrenska today, together with three of our dear foster kids – Mohammed, Daniel and Amelie – we met a warm and loving dad and husband. Full of humor and memories from the past, we could laugh together about things that had happened. What happiness!

My whole being is just filled with such a sense of thankfulness that tears run down my cheeks as I sing the song:

Thanks to God for my Redeemer,
Thanks for all Thou dost provide!
Thanks for times now but a memory,
Thanks for Jesus by my side!
Thanks for pleasant, balmy springtime,
Thanks for dark and stormy fall!
Thanks for tears by now forgotten,
Thanks for peace within my soul!

Thanks for prayers that Thou hast answered,
Thanks for what Thou dost deny!
Thanks for storms that I have weathered,
Thanks for all Thou dost supply!
Thanks for pain, and thanks for pleasure,
Thanks for comfort in despair!
Thanks for grace that none can measure,
Thanks for love beyond compare!

Thanks for roses by the wayside,
Thanks for thorns their stems contain!
Thanks for home and thanks for fireside,
Thanks for hope, that sweet refrain!
Thanks for joy and thanks for sorrow,
Thanks for heavenly peace with Thee!
Thanks for hope in the tomorrow,
Thanks through all eternity!

God bless you also!
Hugs,
Gunilla