March 4 ONE MONTH LATER

My apologies to all those who frequent this site for info and found it empty for the past month. Steve made it home 3 weeks ago today. (Yeah!!) He had a tremendous send off from his Colorado friends. Over 30 visited on the last day. The staff at the hospital even gave him a going away party!! We thank everyone who prayed for his recovery, who sent cards, food, gifts, money, who visited or called, etc. !! So many, many people made this recovery possible. If we were to name them all it would probably be in the hundreds (if not more). At one point we counted over 18 states and 7 countries where people were praying. Our ultimate thanks goes to the giver of life, our savior and Lord, Jesus Christ. We have fondly labeled Steve , "the Miracle Boy" because it truly is a miracle to see how far the Lord has brought him. We ask you to continue to pray for Steve's cognitive abilities to continue to improve. He has made tremendous progress here since getting home. Pray for his eyes to get better and for his appointment with the hand surgeon this Thurs. Steve has had a full week of therapy at the Drake Rehab Center. He likes the new speech therapist and likes having alot of homework to do between sessions. He also started guitar lessons. His short term memory is really starting to improve. He had post traumatic amnesia (PTA) right up until the last week before he was released from the hospital. Steve is already making plans to visit his friends in Colorado this summer and frequently talks to them on the phone or e-mail. His goal is to "be a little better today than yesterday". He realizes that it'll be a slow process to get back to where he was but he's willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen. If you would like to leave a message on his phone, he now has a new password and can retrieve messages. (For 3 months he couldn't remember the password, so if you left a message then, he didn't get it.) Also, he can now use the internet and his reading has improved tremendously. Send him an e-mail at:
www.steveschmits@yahoo.com He would love to hear from you and will email you back.Again, thank you for praying, loving and caring so much. We love you all.....the Steve Schmits family (also know as Georgina, Tom (parents) and sister -Beth