The following photo and update are provided by Martha Newton via e-mail. She recounts George's progress over the last few days, providing us with an update from her recent trip to Ghana with Emily George.
All,
Arrived home late last evening, but wanted to share a photo of George that he said he would like to have posted on the Web site to show his recovery. He can't smile because of an impacted tooth/jay injury, but he was supposed to have his dental surgery yesterday. The force of the crash impacted a number of teeth into his gum line and he also lost three others, all along the lower left jawline.
Emily and I were very blessed to have an amazing George experience on our last day (Monday, October 6th) in Ghana. He was sitting up just as he is in the photo and shared with us his passion for rescuing children. I was brought to tears by his witness...It was my first time experiencing the full power and presence that is George and the fact that he was doing it from a hospital bed with multiple injuries was amazing!
George has no memory of the accident, only of waking up at the hospital in Tema. Our biggest challenge now will be to make sure that George does not do too much too fast and that he spends time recuperating in Tema before heading back to Kete-Krachi...George, Jr., and Kofi know that it will be in George's best interest to keep him down near Accra upon initial release.Â
...I wanted to share this picture with you so you could see for yourself how he is doing. His recovery in one week was nothing short of miraculous--particularly since he only had knee surgery last Thursday!
Martha
Again, our thanks is to you for following the updates on George's condition.
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
by Rachel Johnson
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