Friday, July 13, 2007

Written by Dr. Keith Gomez @ 5:00PM

Thank you to everyone who has posted a note on the Caring Bridge site. And thank you to all of you precious folks who just check in for the updates. Again, I want to thank you from the depths of my soul for your love and your care for our son and my family. Words escape me to explain the seriousness of the accident; yet here we are about 30 days later and they are actually talking of releasing him as soon as he completes a short two-week rehabilitation plus two weeks of observation after the rehabilitation! To say this is a modern-day miracle is an understatement. God has not only been good to us answering our prayers, but He has gone beyond and has done exceedingly and abundantly more than what we had even asked or thought.

Because of Josh not having health insurance since he was still in the probationary period as a new employee, the insurance companies would limit the type of hospitalization and rehab that he would receive. However, in Josh’s case, they have given him the absolute best and now the doctors who are treating him dictate the type of rehab he will receive. To be admitted into the Acute Trauma Center, which is considered a fast-forward, fast-paced rehab program, one must first be recommended by the physicians and then have the high quality insurance to cover it. In Josh’s case, they waived that type of insurance and the doctors demanded that he be put in this program. Again this is a miracle in itself. How could someone on death’s door 30 days ago, be at the point where Josh is at this time? This fact stretches my imagination!  BUT GOD!!

Josh still fades in and out, and because of this, he will do and say some pretty funny things. For instance, he told the nurse that she needed to kick up the heat; he was freezing in this airplane!!  And yet, at other times, when the nurses will ask him where he is, he will tell them the name of the hospital, the date and the year. So, he comes and goes. Dr. & Mrs. Sam Reed from Trinity Baptist Church in Arlington, TX, stopped in the other day while on vacation to visit Josh. As soon as Josh saw Brother Sam and his wife, Gayla, he knew them. Josh grabbed Brother Sam’s finger and ran it over his head and said, “Can you feel the holes in my head?”  He did the same with Mrs. Reed. The boy next to Josh was also in a motorcycle accident. There is a curtain between their beds. Josh cannot get up so he asked Brother Sam to go talk to John. He wanted Sam to witness to John.  On another occasion, this same John was using very base profanity because he wanted a cigarette. This was being done in front of my wife and my daughter. Josh yelled at him and told him if he didn’t cut it out, he would get out of his bed and kick his “posterior!” So it seems like he still knows that he should protect his mom and sister from such trash.

He admitted to Jason, his brother, yesterday that he had been living on the edge and it caught up with him. He made the statement, “I really messed up, didn’t I?” This means he comprehends what happened. He knows there is something wrong with his right eye and that he may lose it. But, to understand that this young man has come from death’s door is a blessing of Biblical proportions!

Our church was built upon the Lord and I am delighted to say that even while I was in California at my son’s side for three weeks, we still had 65 people who walked the aisles for salvation and 29 people for baptism at Northwest Bible Baptist Church during that time. Thank the Lord for His goodness to us!  I also want to thank the Lord for His goodness to the Gomez’ family and for all the great friends and loved ones that have been in contact by way of the Caring Bridge, letters and phone calls!

I love you!

 Sincerely,

 Dr. Keith Gomez