Josh's Updates: Moving Forward

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Moving Forward

Just a little update, things are moving slowly. While fighting this pneumonia Josh has a endotracheotomy, which is similar to what is used during surgery. He has a tube that goes into his lungs and out his mouth, that is helping him breath. Josh should be on this ventilator for about five to ten days. Josh is so incredible, his spirit is still so strong. Before they hooked up these machines the doctors talked to Josh and explained everything to him. They told him this would be hard and scary. Josh's only reply was "LET'S DO IT". So as we go throughout this day, lets all take Josh's advice - Let us do Heavenly Father's work, and "LET'S DO IT" - and see who's lives we can touch!!

1 comment:

twice as nice said...: Josh,
What an amazing boy you are, I don't know you but I have only heard amazing things about you! You are in our prayers!
--Kristen Curtis (Tesha's friend); August 6, 2008 at 9:18 AM

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July 30, 2008

Josh was spending the day with his family at the Holmes family reunion. They were all having some 'fun in the sun' at Pineview Reservoir. Josh had been impressing everyone with his wakeboarding skills and took a couple bad wrecks. Later that day he was swimming off the shore at Middle Inlet with his brothers Justin and Colton. Josh was standing in the water almost to his waist when he did a swimmers dive to go in for a swim. Josh remembers hitting the sand. He was instantly paralyzed and was not able to come up. His brothers swimming close by noticed his back arched and his head under and wondered what he was doing, they swam over to him and helped him out to the shore, Josh coughed up some water, and told them he thought he was drowning. Justin touched Josh's leg and he could not feel them. 911 was called immediately, within 4-5 min. the paramedics were there and called life-flight. Josh was transported to the Hospital.

D&C 122:7