Day 155 - Sleepy Day

Brent had a sleepy day today, that is why he fell asleep in math.

Continue to pray for:
Pain in Brent's right shoulder - very painful today - please pray
Pain in Brent's back
Pain in Brent's left thigh (from skin graft)
Pain in Brent's left wrist - is getting better - PTL!!!!!!!!

Highlights:
Had an Ultrasound to see what is causing the pain in right shoulder
Pastor Marvin and his wife stopped by for a visit yesterday

Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Day 154 with Cousins

Brent with cousins Parker and Tory and Uncle Jason.

Continue to pray for:

Pain in Brent's right shoulder - very painful tonight - please pray

Pain in Brent's back

Pain in Brent's left elbow - not too much

Pain in Brent's left thigh (from skin graft)

Pain in Brent's left wrist - is getting better - PTL!!!!!!!

Highlights:

Parker and Tory and Uncle Jason stopped in for a visit

Brent finished 4 chapters in Math today

Brent got up to 30 degrees on the tilt table - 2nd time up to 20 degrees

Thank you for your prayers.

Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Tilt Table Goal Achieved

Brent and Julie from Physiotherapy with Brent on the tilt table.

Continue to pray for:
Pain in Brent's left wrist - is getting better - PTL!!!!!!!!!!
Pain in Brent's left thigh (from skin graft)
Pain in Brent's back
Pain in Brent's left elbow - not too much
Pain in Brent's right shoulder

Highlights:
Brent got 100% on the math quiz - Unit 6
Brent was on the tilt table and was raised to 30 degrees - his goal for this week
Brent also was raised to 49 degrees on the tilt table for a little while
He has no dressing on his skin graft on his stomach

Thank You for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Visit from Pastor Rob, Angela & Tara

Today Pastor Rob, Pastor Angela and Tara stopped by for a brief visit.

Continue to pray for:

Pain in Brent's left wrist - is getting better - PTL!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pain in Brent's left thigh - (from skin graft)

Pain in Brent's back

Pain in Brent's left elbow - not too much

Highlights:

Pastor Rob, Pastor Angela and Tara came for a visit

Brent received 2 movies from Pastor Rob, Angela and Tara

Math goals were set today and should be done by the time back surgery is scheduled

Thank you for your prayers.

Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

5 Months & New Rider Flag

Jamie and Daren on behalf of the MPICU staff gave Brent several Rider items. These included a Rider flag signed by all the riders, a signed poster from Matt Dominguez. A mouse pad signed by Weston Dressler and a Riders Fan Zone Floor Stand.

Continue to pray for:

Pain in Brent's left wrist - is getting better - PTL!!!!!!!!!!!

Pain in Brent's left thigh (from skin graft)

Pain in Brent's back

Pain in Brent's left elbow - not too much

Highlights:

Had a very excellent math review - almost 100%

Jamie and Daren stopped by with the Rider flag, Mouse Pad, Matt Dominguez poster

and a riders fan zone floor stand.

Thank you for your prayers.

Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Day 150 of a Long Journey

Today is day 150 since the accident and tomorrow is exactly 5 months to the day since the accident. We have been through many things since Feb 27th. We want to thank the staff of ER, MPICU, 6A and all the other staff at Regina General for all their help, love, concern and compassion.
Mostly we want to thank all of you who have helped us by your prayers, financial support, visits, encouragement and love. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Pastor Rob for your faithful entries on the blog even though you were in BC for a wedding, Ontario and the USA for a conference. Many thanks Pastor Rob.

Continue to pray for:
Pain in Brent's left wrist - is getting better - PTL!!!!!!
Pain in Brent's left thigh (from skin graft)
Pain in Brent's back
Pain in Brent's left elbow - not too much
Brent is feeling a bit of itchiness all over his body today

Highlights:
Gene and Tracy and the kids stopped for a visit
Brent skyped with Grandpa and Grandma Peterson

Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Picnic Party Outside

We had a big party outside with Brent today. We took Brent outside in the courtyard today from 6:00 till 7:30. There was not anything hooked up to Brent. Norm and I portered Brent down to the cafeteria. We wheeled him outside and had supper with the "Uncles and Aunties & Cousins".

Continue to pray for:

Pain in Brent's left wrist - is getting better - PTL!!!!!!

Pain in Brent's thigh (from skin graft)

Pain in Brent's back

Pain in left elbow - not too much

Highlights:

Back surgery will be done in approximately 3 weeks

Seeing Shirley, Leland, Ali, and Brantford Duecker

Seeing Mattias, Jan, Reid and Kiersten Andreae (Uncle, Auntie, & Cousins)

Seeing Dwayne, Barb, Ryan, Tanner, and Jaeda Michalyk (Uncle, Auntie & Cousins)

Seeing Norm, Ang, Alecia and Elliana Wiebe (Uncle, Auntie & Cousins)

When you leave a comment - Please leave your name and where you are from so we can have an idea of where everyone is from. Thanks.

Thank you for your prayers.

Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Brent Prayer Alert #2

Brent had a rough night. He threw up several times during the night. Cary came back to the hospital at 4:00. Brent is feeling like he has the flu. I got here at (10:00 or so) and he has thrown up again. They are doing an x-ray on his stomach to see what is the matter. His pain is better today than last night.

Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Good Day but painful end

Brent with one of his favorite friends Elliana. Brent had a roomful of friends and we all had supper together in Brent's room.


Continue to pray for:
Excruciating pain in Brent's right knee
Pain in Brent's back
Pain in Brent's left wrist
Pain in Brent's left thigh (from skin graft)
Pain in Brent's left forearm and elbow
Pain in Brent's right side
Soreness in Brent's throat

Highlights:
Seeing all the Emma Lake gang together today
We all had supper in Brent's room tonight

Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Brent Prayer Alert

Brent started experiencing excruciating pain at 7:15 and it is all throughout his body. Pray that the pain will subside and he will be able to rest and enjoy the weekend. Obviously the Riders will crush the Eskimos. GO RIDERS!!!!!!!!!

Thank you for praying.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Old Friends - Good Times

Brent with his friend Tanner. Our usual camping trip to Emma Lake is usually this week. We usually go camping with 2 other families. This year considering the circumstances we are bringing the lake to Regina General 6A Room #5. We are all here in Regina minus Katie of course.

Continue to pray for:
Brent's back
Brent's left wrist
Brent's left thigh (skin graft)
Brent's left forearm and elbow
Pain in right side
Soreness in Brent's throat

Highlights:
Our first try on the tilt table - we went to 15 degrees
Uncle Dwayne, Auntie Barb and kids are here for the weekend from Edmonton
Uncle Norm and Auntie Ang and girls here for the weekend from Estevan


Thank You for your prayers.

Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Surgery 43 Done

Brent just came out of surgery and he has no more vac dressing. Did you hear me NO VAC DRESSING. PTL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He has a regular dressing on his stomach and the same ibuprofen patch on his left thigh (skin graft site).

Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Surgery 43

Brent just went into the OR for the vac dressing change. If everything looks good they won't have to reattach the vac dressing, they will just use a regular dressing. One less thing that he will have attached to himself.

Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. keep loving. Keep praying.

Day 145 & KFC with Grandma Neufeld

Grandpa and Grandma Neufeld stopped by for a visit and brought KFC for dinner. Brent has been eating since last night supper and is feeling a bit better. He was joking with his physiotherapist (Myles) that he has been laying around for 145 days and is very good at it. Myles had a very hard time concentrating on Brent's physio for a while. Brent was also joking with Pablo (Brent's nurse for the night).

Continue to pray for:

Pain in Brent' s back

Pain in Brent's left wrist
Pain in Brent's left thigh (from the skin graft)
Pain in Brent's left forearm and elbow
Pain in right side
Soreness in Brent's throat

Highlights:
Had KFC dinner with Grandpa and Grandma Neufeld
Dad made shrimp scampi and spaghetti for supper

Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

So So Day

Today was not much better than yesterday. Still pain in Brent's left wrist, left thigh, back, right side, and left arm including the elbow. They are still trying to figure out what is the cause of the pain and the sore throat.

Continue to pray for:
Pain in Brent's back
Pain in Brent's left wrist
Pain in Brent's left thigh (from the skin graft)
Pain in Brent's right side
Pain in Brent's left forearm and elbow
Soreness in Brent's throat
Nose bleeds

Highlights:
Uncle John and Auntie Kathy stopped by for a viist

Thank You for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Painful Day #2

Today was no better than yesterday. Brent's jaw is painful on both sides now. He has some pain on his right side by his ribs and it is swollen. He had a chest x-ray done and is now on antibiotics for his sore throat. He also has a rash on the underside of his left arm.


Continue to pray for:
Pain in Brent's back
Pain in Brent's left wrist
Pain in Brent's right side
Soreness in Brent's throat

Highlights:
Cousin James and Shelley came from Saskatoon for a visit
Stacey and Daren from MPICU came for a visit
Brent received a France soccer jersey from Brett (he works in ER at Regina General)

PS: This is for Claudia, Brent and I were wondering if you could get a soccer jersey from Beckham. Just a thought if it doesn't work don't sweat it.

Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving.Keep praying.

Painful day

Brent had a painful day. He started with a pain in his right jaw and it is getting worse as the day goes on. Just like the riders started off good and it got more painful as the game went on. That`s okay because Edmonton will not be as lucky as Montreal.


Continue to pray for:
Pain in Brent`s left hand
Pain in Brent`s back
Pain in Brent`s right jaw

Highlights:
Daren stopped by for a visit
Riders lost - not too many highlights

Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Thank You Lance & MPICU

Brent with his new Lance Frazier jersey given to him from the staff of MPICU.
Thank you to MPICU and Lance Frazier.
Go get Montreal Lance Frazier, Sean Lucas and the rest of the GREEN TEAM!!!!!


Continue to pray for:
Brent`s pain in his left hand
Brent`s pain in his back


Highlights:
Grandpa and Grandma Neufeld stopped by for a visit.
Shauna and Noreen and Daren from MPICU stopped by for a visit
Jamie and Sharon showed up with Brent`s new Roughriders jersey



Thank you for praying.
Keep loving. Keep hoping. Keep praying.

Day 140 - Attacked by Tarantulas

Brent was attacked by 2 Gummie tarantulas given to him by one of the nurses tonight. Thunder (Brent's husky) was quick to attack the tarantulas.


Continue to pray for:
Itchiness to subside - better today - PTL!!!!!!!!
Pain in Brent's left hand
Pain in Brent's back
Pain in Brent's left thigh (from the skin grafting)

Highlights:
Daren and Justin from MPICU were in for a visit.
Vera was in to see Brent for the first time (our neighbor in Regina).
Jayli was in for a visit (Brent's friend from Tommy Douglas).
Noreen from MPICU was in for a visit.
We saw the CTV hot air balloon again from Brent's room
Brent had a bowl of cereal (honey nut cheerios), booster juice (beery twister), chocolate milk (lactose), grilled cheese, cucumbers and taco salad,Burger King chicken fries, poutine, zoodles. He is back and eating.
Only a few bites of all the above.

Thank you for your prayers.
Keep loving. Keep hoping. Keep praying.

Surgery 42 - Finished and Happy

Brent is out of surgery as of 10:30. He had the vac dressing changed and skin grafting done. The skin grafting was taken from his left thigh. He is feeling good and was rocking to the song on the radio "Goodbye" by Kristinia Debarge. He talked to both Grandparents and was ready to eat. He waited all day to eat. Now he is going to have a papa burger from A&W.

Continue to pray for:
Brent's left hand
Brent's back
Brent's left thigh (where the skin was removed from)

Highlights:
We saw a window washer clean our window today.
Brent got a letter from Berlin Germany and a signed soccer card from the local German soccer Club in Berlin (Hertha BSC). The player that signed the card is Raffael.


Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping . Keep loving. Keep praying.

Surgery 42

Brent just went in for the vac dressing change and skin grafting. He will be in for approximately 2 hours before he returns to his room. Please pray the surgery and skin grafting will go well and he won't be in too much pain when he returns to his room.

Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Brent Rockin with Guitar Hero

Brent got Guitar Hero for the Nintendo DS (which was Katie's) today and was rockin to the song "Paralyzer". He used his left hand and will continue to use it to strengthen his left pain in the "butt" hand.

Continue to pray for:
Itchiness to subside
Pain in Brent's left hand
Pain in Brent's back
Brent's headaches to subside
Skin Grafting to be done tomorrow (please pray especially for this)

Highlights:
A visit today from Uncle Norm, Auntie Ang, Alecia and Elliana
A visit from Auntie Edith
Guitar Hero and Mario Kart for Nintendo DS

A Special Thank You to those who helped on replacing the fence on Sunday and Monday. We now have an awesome fence that will last for many years.

Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Road to Recovery

Brent received an awesome present from Kamloops BC today. It is a story lesson of Brent's road to recovery. At each stop there is a scripture verse and a small present such as a fish hook, post it note, penny, survival kit, etc. This is Brent's road to recovery.

Continue to pray for:
Itchiness to subside
Pain in Brent's left hand
Pain in Brent's back
Brent's nausea and headaches to subside

Highlights:
Uncle Gord stopped by for a visit
Brent got a coax cable for the TV (now we can watch the riders on a 32" TV and not a 6" TV)
Noreen from MPICU stopped by for a visit
Played curling on the Wii with Mom (he let Mom win, but beat Grandma yesterday)

Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Day 135 - Restful Day

Today was a restful day after the vac dressing change (41st).
Brent had quite a bit of nausea after the surgery and the rest of the day.

Continue to pray for:
Itchiness to subside - not as bad as yesterday - PTL!!!!!!!!!
Pain in Brent's left hand
Pain in Brent's back

Highlights:
Riders beat Toronto - 46-36. Yahoo Yahoo
Grandma Peterson and Parker and Tory came for a visit
Noreen from MPICU stopped in for a visit
Uncle Gord called to say Hi

Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Surgery 41

Surgery 41 was from 8:00 till 9:30.
Everything went great.
Brent is sleeping while watching the Riders Beat Toronto.

Go get her done Riders!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Wii Day

Go Riders Go!!! Go Riders Go!!! Go Riders Go!!!

Continue to pray for:
Itchiness still there but not as bad
Pain in Brent's left hand
Pain in Brent's back
Vac dressing change tomorrow (41st)

Highlights today:
7-Eleven English Toffee from Grandma Peterson
Visit from Tanya, Jabin, and Jason Bromm of Regina
Playing Wii with Parker and Tory (Brent's cousins)
Paula from MPICU came up for a visit and a Pepsi Slurpee
McDonalds Chicken Nuggets


Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving, Keep praying.

Birthday Cake and New TV

Brent celebrated his birthday (May 27th) with Grandma Peterson (July 2nd) today. They had a Milky Way Skor cake.

Continue to pray for:
Itchiness to subside - not as itchy as yesterday - PTL!!!!!!!
Pain in his left hand
Pain in his back

Highlights:
Grandpa and Grandma Peterson came yesterday with a table for the new TV.
Parker and Tory also came with Grandpa and Grandma.
Brent was showing off in Physio today and did 14 rpetitions of leg raises with a 3lb weight
Brent got a 32" LG TV today and now it is Wii and PS3 time again.
Wahoo Wahoo !!!!!


Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Surgery 40 done

Surgery is done and everything is fine. They closed up the abdomen a little.

Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Surgery 40

Brent going in for 40th vac dressing now.
They are continuing to close up the abdomen.


Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Day

Today was a blah day just like the weather.
Brent spent most of the day resting.
He got a new splint for his left hand to make it less painful.
We are not sure yet if it is helping.

Continue to pray for:

• Itchiness all over Brent's body
• Pain in Brent's left hand
• Pain in Brent's back
• Brent goes for his vac dressing change tomorrow (40th surgery)

Thank you to the staff of RGH 6A for their support and help for Brent.

Thank you for your support financially, comments on the blog, etc.

Thank you for your prayers.
Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

Day 130 - Subway - Eat Fresh

Continue to Pray for:
Itchiness all over Brent's body
Extreme pain in Brent's left hand
Pain in his back



Highlights for today:
Visit with Kyle for a few hours
Visit from John and Tina Regier
MSN with Uncle Jason and Tory
Visit with Mr and Mrs Buhr
Skyped with Pastor Shawn
Subway supper with Uncle Phil and Cousin Cari

Thank you for your prayers.

Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.
Please leave your name and where you are from. Thanks.

Sunglasses and Chinese Food

Brent with new sunglasses from Kyle

Pray for:
Itchiness all over Brent's body
Extreme pain in his left hand


Highlights for today:
Cousin Cari came from Manitoba for a visit
Kyle and Robbin Thiesen came for a visit
Uncle Norm and Auntie Ang and kids stopped by for a visit
Ordered Chinese food for supper from Regency Palace

Thank You for your prayers.

Keep hoping. Keep loving. Keep praying.

128 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL

Brent is having a great weekend:

• the RIDERS won on Friday night....that made him happy
• vitals are great
• eating is going well (no throwing up)
• visitors from school on Friday and today
• had some Burger King food
• went for 39 th surgery today...vac dressing change and sewing up abdomen
• Mom and Dad are doing great...just getting used to some new changes again

Thank you for your prayers for this family.

Keep hoping.Keep loving.Keep praying.

RIDER PRIDE

Brent with Sask. Roughriders Sean Lucas and Lance Frazier

BRENT'S HAVING A GREAT DAY:

Canada Day was spent at Regina General. Brent had a scrumptious KFC meal with his Uncle Norm and Auntie Ang (wow..Brent sure has a taste for fine foods LOL). Brent, with his Mom and Dad, watched the fireworks from the waiting room. We live in a great country. The Peterson's recognize that in a greater way. Sure, there's always room for improvement in our health system, but the care for Brent has been outstanding. To everyone involved in the healing of Brent - thank you!

Today, Brent was seeing green. He made sure he was wearing his Riders shirt. Two football players from the Sask. Roughriders CFL football team, Sean Lucas and Lance Frazier came to visit Brently. They gave him a Riders blanket. They both autographed the logo. Thanks guys for coming by to visit Brent. GO RIDERS!

The only challenge for today was that Brent threw up a couple of times.

Thank you for your prayers and support for this family.


Keep hoping.Keep loving.Keep praying.