August 19, 2008 Please pray for this 14 year old boy, Colton Standridge. His parents are Warren and Tammy Standridge, this is their 's only child. He is in the 8th grade at EJMS. He got hit by a car yesterday evening while on his 4 wheeler. Colton just pulled out in the road right in front of a car. He was life flighted to Scottish Rite Hospital. To my knowledge, he has no injuries other than severe head trauma. Colton was wearing a helmet but it flew off when the car hit him. He had surgery to relieve swelling on the left side of his brain last night but had a very bad night. His brain is now swelling on the right side and he is bleeding in his brain. The doctors are meeting as I write this to try to figure out what to do. But realistically, it doesn’t look good. They are doing another surgery this a.m. and they have removed part of his skull to try and relieve some of the swelling. They won't know anything for 3 or 4 days, if he makes it that long. All my prayer warriors, please join us in praying for Colton and his family. Colton is at Children's Hospital in Egleston. Please visit his website at caringbridge.org/visit/coltonstandridge Thank you all. August 6, 2008 I hope everyone is enjoying your summer. I will write soon on more updates on myself. But in the last two weeks we have had a lot of accidents. I wanted to get these listed as prayer request for all. Mike Easter that cheered at Clemson University with my sister, he had a horrible car accident a few weeks ago and suffered a TBI as I did. Please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers. Please visit his website http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/michaeleaster. Cole Butler 22 years old had a horrible wreck 3 miles from my house. Cole didn't make it. Please keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers. Saturday night, we got a phone call that 3 teenagers from Banks County School had just had a car accident. My mom and dad went to school with all three of their parents. One young man didn't make it, Cody Gowder, his funeral was on Monday, August 4th. The other two young men, Kane Duncan and Bill Redmon both were Life Flighted to Atlanta, but are both going to be OK. Praise God! Please pray for these families. Your life can change so quickly, as I say "Within in the Blink of the Eye" it can all change. Please make sure you are ready to meet the good lord should your time come. Remember, Life's 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react. Make something good come out of each storm in your life. I have a Dr's appointment today at Sheppard, please remember me as well. I'll update on what I have been up to and how my appointment went shortly. Please sign my guest book and let me know of any prayer request you may have or how I could help you in your time of need. Thanks for all and have a blessed day. Eric April 9, 2008 Eric’s Spring Update Happy Spring everyone! Sorry it’s been so long since my last update. I’m going to try and catch you up on what I’ve been doing lately. I just finished up my therapy from my last surgery. I did therapy for two days a week for twelve weeks with Brian and Dave at Elite Therapy. It was good to be able to do my therapy here in Commerce and not have to drive into Atlanta. They really did a great job working with me. In February I spoke at a conference for doctors and therapists at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. I talked about my spasticity and how my doctors have helped he cope with it. Basically, I was trying to help these doctors help their patients who are in a similar situation as me. It was a really good experience. The Ronald McDonald House is going to build a new house at their Dunwoody location. I have been asked to help raise money to sponsor one of the rooms. I will be posting more on this in the future as I hope all of you will help me with this endeavor. The kick-off for the new house is going to be in June. I had gum surgery two weeks ago to help with my receding gum lines. This was caused by a lot of different things, one of which being all the different medications I’ve been on the last few years. The surgery went well, and I’m healing up nicely. On April 16 I’m going to be speaking to a group of college students at Rhinehardt College. I’ll be sharing my testimony with them, so please be in prayer that the Lord uses me to reach out to these young adults. Lastly, my family and I have found a new church home. We’ve been looking for some time now, and we are so excited that God has called us to be a part of Maysville Baptist Church. We joined this past Sunday night, and we’re looking forward to seeing how God is going to use us in this church. Please continue to check my website and sign my guestbook. The guest book is a good way to let me know your prayer requests and/or to let me know if you would like me to come speak to your church or organization. Please continue to pray that God will use me in a mighty way, and as I always say “Prayer Works.” Check out: Ronald McDonald House of Atlanta: http://www.armh.com/ God Bless -Eric December 18, 2007 Sorry it's been so long since my last update. I've been going to orthopedic doctors for several months now regarding the toning in my left leg. Three weeks ago, I had surgery to stretch the accillian tendons in my left leg and they cut back the tendons in my toes because my left heel would not go down flat while walking and my toes stayed curled under. The surgery went well; I was put in a cast for two weeks and could not walk or stand at all during that time. I went back this past week for a follow up, they removed the stitches and put me in a walking case, so I can start to stand and put pressure on my leg again. My next appointment is Jan 7th, at that time they will take the cast off and I will start rehab with that leg again. Please pray that this surgery will help me gain even more independence with walking for myself. Hope everyone is ready for Christmas! Although you might have your gifts bought for everyone, don't forget the true meaning of Christmas; it’s the celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I hope you are able to help the less fortunate ones or will give to your favorite charity. Nothing is better than giving this time of year. Please continue to pray for others and me. As I always say "Prayer Works” I hope to add a prayer request section to my site in the near future. I hope everyone enjoys the Holiday Season with your family and friends. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from my family and me! November 8, 2007 November 8th-10th, Star 94 and Kauffman Tire will host the 5th Annual Cares for Kids Radiothon. During the 3-day event, Star 94 listeners will meet some of the biggest "stars" of all - the patients at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. The Cares for Kids Radiothon will feature stories of triumph and hope from families Children’s has touched, as well as meet current patients at the hospital who will share their own experiences live on the air. Proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit Children’s Miracle Network-Atlanta, which raises funds for Children’s, a non-profit pediatric healthcare organization. As you know, I support star 94's yearly philanthropy! Read below to find out how you can support too! During the course of last year’s broadcast, thousands of Star 94 listeners opened their hearts and made pledges totaling more than 1 million dollars. This year, we're counting on our generous Star 94 community to bring even greater hope and support. You can pledge your support by becoming a monthly Miracle Maker or simply calling in to the Foresters phone bank and making a donation during the Radiothon. September 5, 2007 It's football time. I love football season! The Commerce tigers have been practicing for while now. Their first game was this past Friday night. They are a young team, I'm sure they will do well. We have some great coaches that always help. I'm sure you all know who my favorite college team is, South Carolina Gamecocks. I have been reading on the Internet that they are looking good this year. What out Georgia, here we come this week. We still have season tickets at Clemson, so we were up there this past Monday night for the Clemson vs FSU game. What a great game it was. September 5, 2007 I continue to share my testimony at different churches and event. Since my last update, I have spoke at Maysville Baptist men's fellowship, Homer Baptist Church, Grace Fellowship Church, Commerce Methodist Youth Group. I hope to be getting more involved in FCA in the next few months. So please pray for me and that this is God's will. September 5, 2007 Dr. J thinks we finally have the baclofin pump to the right dosages since having it put in. For over a year now I have been going back ever 2 weeks for a dosage adjustment. Dr. J wants to continue to wee be ever 6 weeks for now. I'm now walking 80% of the time at home with the cane. I'm now taken it out on small trips like I first taken the walker. My physical therapist, Kerrie, whom I met while at the Sugarloaf location of Children's, continues to come to my house once a month to work with me and to help me set new goals. She also does a tone assessment, which shows how much range I continue to gain back in my legs. I have started going two days per week to a new therapy called "Feldenkrais" therapy. The Feldenkrais Method is an educational system intended to give a greater functional awareness of the self. The method uses movement and awareness as the primary vehicle for learning. It is perhaps due to this focus on physical movements that the Feldenkrais Method is often classified as a complementary and alternative medicine. It really helps me learn how to relax my muscles. I have learned through this that the brain loves to learn new things and new ways. Watch for more updates on this type therapy to come December 11, 2006 School and Therapy continue to go very well for Eric: School : We are at the end of the first semester, with finals being next week. We had a meeting last week with his teachers and the teachers for next semester. At this time Eric continues to be on track for graduating in May with his class. With much work behind him and a lot more to come, Eric still needs four college prep classes to finish with a college prep seal. We want to thank everyone at CHS for your help in helping Eric meet his goal, and to all of you who pray for him. Once again we see prayers being answered. Next semester will be very difficult, but we trust that God will see us through it. Eric has completed his therapy in Gainesville at this time, but is back to the good old “LeMarr Heights Therapy”. Kevin Poe will start back working with Eric, along with Daddy and Tommy doing PT, with Mom and Susan Hughes working on OT two days at week. Speech therapy will come to the house two afternoons a week from school. Eric was nominated to have a tree decorated in his honor at the “Festival of Trees”, which is a big fundraiser project to help raise money for Children’s. On Tuesday night, we were invited to an Honorary Tree Party, to see his tree for the first time and to meet the designer that worked on Eric’s tree. This was very emotional to see all these beautiful trees decorated in honor of these children that face such difficult times. If you have never visited the “Festival of Trees”, please do so, it’s going on at the World Congress Center downtown Atlanta. It runs through Sunday, December 12th. On Monday or Tuesday, Eric’s tree will be delivered to him at home. Eric has decided to put his tree up in town so everyone that would like to go by and see it can. It will be at the Regions Bank (Uncle Jackie’s Bank), in Commerce after Wednesday, December 15th, through Christmas. Please visit it at the World Congress Center or go by the Bank. Thanks to Sarah Pittman who designed Eric’s tree and to Cari at the Ronald McDonald house for nominating Eric for this honor. We want to thank you for praying for Jackie Whitfield (Uncle Jackie); he just returned from Houston and is cancer free. Praise God! Jacket was to have a biopsy done on his lungs while in Houston, but while on the operating table ready for surgery, the Dr's came in and said the spot was gone and didn’t need to have the biopsy done. Again, another example of prayers working! Eric will be going back to Houston, December 19th for another 3 days of treatments. This time he will get 2 hours of treatment each day. Once again we want to thank you all for being dedicated to checking on Eric and remembering all the prayer request. Please continue to sign Eric’s guess book, he checks it a couple times a week himself. Please continue to pray for Eric in all areas and his finalizes next week and Houston. Please pray for Trey Howell, he has had a slight set back, but we know God will help him and his family through these times. We love you all and don’t forget to visit Eric’s tree. The Redmon’s © Copyright 2006 Eric Redmon All rights reserved. | Site by The Deyo Group, Inc.