A Day of 2 miracles

Khine's sister arrived in Edinburgh to see Khine. It was very hard for her to see him in Intensive Care with many machines supporting his life. She was here through the hard work of Mark Lazarwicz, MP and his PA Karen and the International Unit of Edinburgh University. When I saw her come off the plane, I was awed by the miracle of this young Burmese woman getting a visa and arriving in Scotland so fast.

And then Khine regained some consciousness! Though still sedated, he used nods of his head and squeezing of hands to tell us he knows his sister is here and he can see her and to tell us when there is pain etc. A second miracle of the day.

So the second operation he had to have last night on his brain was a success and now we pray for a slow and steady recovery to health.

Louise is just back from the hospital (11pm) and she wants to blog this;

I feel elated because Khine did a very nice goodbye. It was the first time this week that I thought Khine was really there. He squeezed my hand hard when I said, "Shall we listen to Metallica tomorrow?" He even moved his head in Geoff's direction when Geoff said bye and then he waved.

However today was a day of highs and lows because 3 patients became very ill yet Khine became better.