I realized a few days ago that it's been a month since I posted an update - which is crazy to me that the time is flying by so quickly since Patrick's surgery. Life has definitely been busy, but there hasn't been a lack of good changes! The month started off with weigh ins so close to dropping out of the 400s. He was less than 5 pounds away from such a huge milestone. I remember he told me one day, "I'll be in the three hundreds by the end of the week." The week ended, and he still held about the same. He was a little frustrated, because he'd been averaging about a pound a day loss until this point. He started going to the gym around this time, so I encouraged him that the change in routine may have caused his body to start retaining some water again.
He kept going to the gym, and the scale numbers didn't change much. At one point, they even went up a few pounds. He was getting pretty discouraged working hard to get to what seemed like such an elusive goal, but a huge milestone. This continued for three weeks - the slight yo-yo- up a pound or two, back down, but still not breaking through to the three hundreds. There just seemed to be a wall that he couldn't break past. He kept persevering - working out, eating right, correct portions - and eventually the faithfulness paid off. Two days after his birthday, he finally won the battle he'd been fighting for three long weeks. He sent me a text that morning with a picture of the scale at 399.9! He finally reached the elusive goal that he'd worked so hard for over such a long time!
After that day, the pounds began to melt away daily again, and as of today, he's officially down 100 pounds since surgery day. Four months ago, on surgery day, he weighed 492 pounds. Today, he is at 392. We're all so excited about this newest milestone, and all of the hard work it represents for Patrick. It represents life returned to him, and to all of us, as he adds more life to his days, as well as more days to his life!
I'm so thankful for all the encouragement that he's received every step of this journey. I'm grateful for each caring heart, kind word, and cheer from the stands that this journey has found for him in each friend and family member who continues to follow him in his journey toward victory. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!
