Need Prayers for Ponch!!!

[Carbon_One]

So good to hear of David's improvements. With family & us here at VR praying for him, his determination to get better, the prayers are surely being heard by the Lord in Heaven.

Thanks to all who can visit him and encourage David to keep going. Keep these great reports coming folks.

Larry

[Phoneman1981]

Great news. Thanks for the updates.

[Squidley]

My apologies for not getting on here sooner, life in Texas hasnt slowed down for us

 

As mentioned by Gunboat, several of us were able to go see David on Sunday. I can't express how good it felt to be able to have a conversation with one of my best friends in almost 2 months! I have been praying harder than I ever remember during this time and as hard as I tried to look at the positive of David surviving during the last 2 months, my heart has been dragging. David mentioned when I walked in that my face was familiar, he didn't get the name right at 1st, but I could look him in the eye and we could talk with eachother. That was the moment for me, we may have to rebuild our friendship from scratch, but I will gladly do that to have David back in our lives

 

We brought down the laptop with many picture folders of Rally's and MD's and started showing them to David. His eyesight is a bit funky right now, but he is able to make out the pics if he looks hard at them. He did pretty good at recognising people from the pictures, this give me great hope that he will continue to get some more of his memory back. Another one of my moments is when both he and I busted on Doodle as we were looking through the pics. I almost cried I was so happy that it seemed a little more like normal between the 3 of us (For those of you that dont know Ponch, Kregerdoodle or myself, we are best friends and are ALWAYS busting eachothers chops!)

 

David will talk your ear off! he is still very emotional as there is so much he is trying to absorb and comprehend. His voice is not the same right now as he is healing from the trache and his vocal cords haven't been used in 6 weeks or better. We would have stayed a bit longer, but he had some other friends of the family show up and we didn't want to take from their time with him. He was very sad to see us go and tears flowed from both sides, he really didn't want to let go of Lonna's hand, god love him. We promised we would be back and we will, I may try to get back down there Saturday and see him for a while.

 

In all reality, what we have witnessed through this site is a miracle. I dont usually get too preachy, but all that happened with David, surviving a stroke and a 60mph motorcycle crash is nothing short of miraculous. I will forever believe that it was all of you folks, and the thousands of others that talked with God, who led David back to us. I'm a firm believer that we all have a purpose on this planet, God knows we shouldn't have survived our crash in '08....but there were other plans for us, as I'm sure there is for David.

 

I can't thank you all enough for keeping David and his family in your thoughts. I can rest a bit easier knowing that when I left David at the hospital on Sunday, I was able to look him in the eye....and tell him that I loved him

[Yammer Dan]

Thanks Squid. Good news in this one is great to read.

[Ryana7769]

Great news once again. Glad to hear things are getting better.

 

I will continue to PRAY for everyone.

[Mariner Fan]

Ponch, we are thinking of ya!

[BoomerCPO]

Keep fighting Ponch. Our prayers go up for you and Kathy every day. We want you both back with all of us!

Boomer....who sez thanks to Brad for the update....and thanks to the Lord for the recovery that Ponch is making.

[Marcarl]

Good to hear the updates,,,, prayer sure does work!!!!

[FuzzyRSTD]

Thanks for the update Sqidley. Thanks to the Lord that David is doing so much better. As I read your post I could just see his face and yours with tears. Someone posted about true friendship, this is true friendship.

 

Fuzzy

[99silver]

Thanks to all and our Lord above for all the prayers and healing . Ponch is a very special person and like Brad said I think he is being healed for something bigger than us flatlanders can understand........

You Go Ponch.....

[motorcycletom]

Thanks for the update. Amy and I still have David in our prays. It is nice to see him doing better each post.

[Squidley]

As I read your post I could just see his face and yours with tears. Someone posted about true friendship, this is true friendship.

 

Fuzzy

 

....yes it is....

[BuckShot]

Thanks so much for the update Brad. We were just talking about Ponch and wondering how he was doing. So glad he is progressing and thanks to the man upstairs for watching over him and his family. Our thoughts and prayer's are still with Ponch and family daily. Keep it up Ponch-- Gil

[b2dad]

Appreciate the updates from everyone and we keep praying for Ponch and Kathy and their whole family. We pray he continues to heal. Prayer can do miraculous things...as we have witnessed here.

 

Love you Ponch. Keep up the fight!

Don and Patti

[Shot]

Don't know you Ponch but it looks like you got a lot of friends. Add me to the list; my prayers go out to you and the family.

[Yammer Dan]

Was thinking of Ponch today. I remember when I was stuck in that bed. I liked rainy days. It tended to drive people inside where I was stuck!! Keep fighting Ponch we are waiting for you!! Prayers will continue!!

[Tom]

I have called Kathy and asked if I could come to Houston to see Ponch knowing he may be in PT or whatever and she says come on down..or over so in the morning I am headed for Houston to see him. Im hoping as everyone else that has seen him that he is improving every day. Its a couple hundred miles over there so I will not be able to report back until tomorrow evening but I will as soon as I get back to Blanco. Ive got the GPS set and leaving at 6 AM 10/21/2011. Hope to be there by 0930

[Yammer Dan]

I have called Kathy and asked if I could come to Houston to see Ponch knowing he may be in PT or whatever and she says come on down..or over so in the morning I am headed for Houston to see him. Im hoping as everyone else that has seen him that he is improving every day. Its a couple hundred miles over there so I will not be able to report back until tomorrow evening but I will as soon as I get back to Blanco. Ive got the GPS set and leaving at 6 AM 10/21/2011. Hope to be there by 0930

 

Have a safe trip. And tell him we said Hi and are praying for him.

[Aussie Annie]

Glad to see Ponch is improving more every day -- thank you Jesus!

 

Suidley, please give him a hug from the aussies when you see him next

[Tom]

Have a safe trip. And tell him we said Hi and are praying for him.

Will do..I will also tell him of how many hits this thread has created,,Thanks to EVERYONE!

[playboy]

I don't know the man but what a great testament to him this thread is and to this whole family. I haven't posted till now for not knowing what to say but I've been keeping track of him and keeping him and all of his friends in my thoughts. I get the feeling as me and my wife travel alone this week of having this whole family around us. Best group ride I have ever been on.

 

GOOD LUCK Ponch and God Speed

[Kregerdoodle]

Have a safe trip Tom, and give Dave a Hug for us also, we may get up there Sunday, Janet wasn`t feeling good last week so she didn`t go with us to visit him, If your still around this afternoon, give me a call, maybe we can catch an early dinner. I get home around 1600hrs.

 

Kreg

[Monty]

Hang in there Ponch! Sounds like you are doing great.

 

The way things are going, you'll be back to normal in no time. We're all pulling for you here, my friend. Stay strong and keep fightin'.

 

Love ya Brother.

[rowdy7]

I just saw this thread and didn't realize I had been gone so long. I bought a new (to me) '00 Concours this summer and have been educating myself on it on the Connie forums and neglecting the VR forums.

I was speechless to read what happened to Ponch. I have only met a few of the VR members and Ponch was one of them. What a great guy. He rode all the way from Waco to my house on a cold rainy Saturday to help me (more like I helped him) install a guage set on my bike.

My heart goes out to him and his family. More prayers on the way from north Texas.

 

Jim

[Tom]

Ok folks,I am back from Houston and spent a couple of hours with Ponch and Kathy and had the pleasure of seeing and being with him during his Physical Therapy. When I walked into his room he was trying to focus in on me and when I spoke he called me by my name!! He also called Debby by her name..This is FANTASTIC news when you think of the horific accident he was in. While there is still a long road to full recovery I Personally think he is going to recover to at least 98% of who he was before the accident. Do I think he will make it 100% ? YEP,I saw him fighting hard today in PT and I am here to tell you he was walking with a pole(Staff) with only minimum help from behind..he did 95%of the walk himself!! He also was bending over to pickup a ball on the floor then they had him doing it to the right and to the left while making him really strech for the ball. I will also admit tears flowed from both of our eyes when I mentioned to Ponch that there have been over 32000 hits on this site and how many are praying for him....He looked me square in the eye and said "Over 32000 hits ?" " I had no idea so many people cared !" I told him he will be surprised at how many are sending best wishes and the kind words from basically all over the world. He just broke down and cried. Ponch is a fighter and as I say, UNLESS something goes haywire I look for him to be active with us again..maybe not riding but at meets and eats or Maintenance Days. To everyone on this site THANK YOU for the Prayers you have sent and to the ones that may not believe I know your hearts are with him also and I want to Thank all of you too. I know I have rambled alot but I hope I have made some sense in this Update. One more thing, He even asked about my Mom and he told me "I got to go see her before the Accident." Folks that says a lot about Ponches recovery when he could remember that! Keep the prayers coming..I personally believe what I saw today was a miracle and prayers DO WORK!