So I just wanted to explain this picture and why we love it so much. It says a lot about the way Daniel is. We were doing sibling pics at my wedding, and Daniel said we should all do his signature 'look into the distance' pose. We thought that would be hilarious, so he got all three of us ready, and right before the photographer snapped the picture he turned his head straight at the camera and flashed that big smile. When we realized what happened it took a while for us to stop laughing enough to take another picture.
Another good story we've all been laughing about happened on Wednesday afternoon right before all of this happened. Our family has been rearranging out cell phone plans. I left the plan, and Daniel moved into my spot on our family plan, meaning he went from unlimited texts to 1000 per month. My mom sent him a text to tell him that and his prompt reply was 'Well thanks for wasting one of them!"
Our family is heartsick over this entire thing and all we want is Daniel back the way he was, but the way we are coping is definitely with humor. When we go in the room and talk to Daniel (hoping that he can hear us) we like to tease him about his dress and sing annoying songs to him. Then we all giggle and the nurses think that we are crazy. Daniel wouldn't like us to be miserable, so we try to mix the crying with laughter and trying to guess what Daniel will be grouchiest about when he wakes up. It might be his favorite pair of basketball shorts that got cut off of him, or it might be that they made him stay cold for 24 whole hours (he HATES being cold). So don't think that we are totally callused. We are coping and we are just glad that he is alive!
If you have an stories about Daniel that you want to share, you can email them to me at rebecca.dunford@gmail.com. I'll post them!
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Rebecca (and family), I am so sorry to hear about Daniel. I will be keeping him and your family in my prayers. I have a few friends from nursing school that are nurses there at the UVRMC ICU, so I know you are in good hands. Thank you for sharing your experiences-there are so many who have heard and are so very concerned (like me!) I know Heavenly Father will watch over and bless your family, whatever happens.
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