my worst nightmare

My name is Alicia, Cody's mom, and I am so greatful for the so very many prayers that are being flooded to Cody right now. I wanted to write a quick note and let you all know about my journey. Monday started as any ordinary day. Went to work , was just getting ready to eat lunch when my cell phone rang, I work in Renfrow, Oklahoma, I have little or no cell service so the fact that my cell rang at all is a miracle, one of many I have experienced in the last 48 hours, I didn't recognize the number, so I wasn't going to answer it but was compelled to and it was Robert, owner of Custom Powerline Construction( miracle # 2) informing me of Cody's accident. My world came crashing to a halt mock 10. I was locked in a time warp and I couldn't move or think fast enough. Cody was out in the middle of nowhere by Binger, Oklahoma fighting for his life, and I was on my way to Medford trying to call Mike and Ryan so they could prepare Jen and Jessi (Cody's sister's) for their worst nightmare, the posibilty that Cody may die. I hate that word and every mother reading this knows what I mean. Chris Blubaugh drove to Medford to get Jen , Ady and myself to go to Integris Baptist Hospital in Okc. I am of the strongest belief that God puts people in our lives at certain times to do certain things (miracle # 3) Cody's crew had a man certified in CPR. Travis did everything right HE SAVED CODY'S LIFE. I can't begin to say thank you the EMT from El Reno who rode in the anbulance with Cody and helped him fight for his life. Cody died 3 times just getting to OKC.(miracle # 4 )The drive to OKC was the longest in my life, I had no information other then he had been electrocuted and he was bad......my brain was screaming WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?????? every car in front of us was doing 20 miles an hour, well at least it felt like it , that warp speed thing again.We finally got to the hospital and was overwhelmed by Cody's crew waiting at the doors , with the saddest faces I have ever seen on any man, my heart screamed NO , please let Cody still be alive!!!!! The minute I was told I prayed like I have never prayed before PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let Cody live till I get there to him , let him hear me tell him how very much I Love him and how blessed I feel that God gave him to ME to love. The chaplin meet us at the door, I thought GO AWAY I'm not ready for you yet.I am truelly sorry for that thought now. We were ushered to a private room where the heart doctor Dr.Gibson came in a explained that Cody was shocked into rhythm 3 times , he was breathing with a repirator at 100 % oxygen. OK OK i thought just get me to him, warp speed thing again, He looked so small , Cody is 6'4" so thought was very overwhelming to me, I cried like I have never cried before and my heart shattered in my chest as I kissed his forhead and touched his arm and told him as many times as I could before they took him to Cardiac ICU that he had to fight , he couldn't give up, I knew he was terrified, but had to make sure that he heard me dying was not an option. Cody fought and fought hard the first 24 hours, I am soooo very proud of him. He has made mircles appear right before our eyes. I always new cody was special but had no idea the number of people who also new this fact.Each time I go to him and talk to him and rub his belly his pulse rate goes up, that means he hears me and knows I'm there, I tell him everytime that he was in an accident and that he was given medicine to make him paralyzed and a sedative to keep him calm and yet everytime I talk to him his pulse rises. THANK YOU GOD for giving me your sign. Cody is the strongest man I know and will probably ever know. I want so badly to make it all go away for him, to crawl in his bed and hold him as I did so many times when he was little. We mom's know that they never grow up they are always our little people.Cody has been brought to an exceptional hospital and has the most special people looking after him. DR. Gibson Cardiologist...Dr. Huff Pulmonologist...Dr. Meites burns . His nurses are the most special women I have had the pleasure to know Day Nurse Karla Roma and Night Nurse Leida Schimmer who have Cody as their only patient when they are on duty. The girls also requested that they be put to Cody until he is released. Even from a coma Cody is impacting lives!!!! Amazing!!! Thank You God for your greatest gift to me. Thank YOU ALL for your thoughts and prayers they are being felt. Please know that even though I don't respond to your comments or calls I get them . Jen and Jessi read them to me, I have to focus on Cody and all my energy goes to him and the need for him to know we're here and want him to keep fighting. KEEP PRAYING they are warming him now back to normal temp, we need his organs to start working to full capacity, we need his heart to get strong and his lungs to heal. This is a tall order for Cody but with your prayers and Cody's unrelentless will to live HE can do this, THEY can do this GOD and CODY together because without God here Cody wouldn't be here. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU from myself and my whole family.

9:40 pm Update

They have begun to bring his body temp back to normal. He is at 92.4. All his blood work has come back very good. His liver enzymes are elevated but they are not any higher than they were before. They had to give him more sedative and paralytic drugs because his heart rate keeps coming up when we go in and talk to him. Although that is an AWESOME sign from GOD we don't want him doing that right now. He is trying to breathe over the ventilator and do it by himself so that's another reason they have given him more paralytic medication. I'm telling you this boy is a fighter!

You guys have no idea how much your prayers are keeping us strong. We love to see how you guys are posting things and asking people to pray. I'm a huge believer that prayer solves everything. And it is! Your words of encouragement are wonderful to hear. We love you all and the outpour of love to us is unbelievable. Our God is mighty and his ears are being flooded. I know they are. Thank you!

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God " Phillipians 4:6

Making a sign for Bubba

PRAY

Hit your knees and pray. They are about to begin taking Cody off the hypothermic treatment. It's a slow process that will take around 12 hours. They will only raise his temp tenths of a degree at a time. Once he becomes stable at normal body temp they will begin to take him off some of the medications if he's able to tolerate it. I will continue to update throughout the night as we get updates.

I also want to let everyone know that the guy that saved Bubba's life came to the hospital today to see him. He wasn't emotionally ready to see Cody. He performed the CPR on him the second they got him out of the bucket until the paramedics arrived. He is an angel. God put him in Cody's life and that's the reason right there. No words can tell Travis how much we thank him and love him for what he's done. He will forever be in our hearts and a part of this family. He is a God send. He is so humble about what he did. He feels he only did what Cody would do for him. These boys that work for CPC are a close group of guys and are a family of their own. They have been here waiting with the rest of the family crying and praying. We have really seen the love for each other in this horrible time.

Address for Cody

We have had lots of people asking us where to send cards and other things for Cody. Please send them to
Integris Baptist Medical Center
3300 Northwest Expressway
Cody Johnson
901 ICU Bed 7
Oklahoma City, Ok 73112

Again we cannot stress enough the importance of prayer. Please keep them coming.

Update: 4:25pm 4-13-10

The Dr. just came and gave an update. They will start weening him off the hypothermia treatments at 7:30pm. It should take about 12 hours to get back to his normal temperature. After he gets back to his normal temperature they will start weening him off the paralytic and sedation medication. They inform us that he could be waking up tomorrow. Oh how I can't wait to see those baby blues! His liver counts were elevated. Didn't seem to be concerned about that considering he was shocked 4 times. His lungs sound 10 times better than yesterday. They wrapped another burn on his left forearm. He has burns on his right shoulder and left and right hands. God is hearing our prayers. Please keep them coming. We are getting good news but the worse is still to come. They will do another EKG once his temperature is normal to check the status of his heart. Praying it is working at more than 15%. He is down to 40% oxygen which is the lowest you go while on the ventilator. They are doing labs on blood work checking for tons of things. His blood gases came back great!

"He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like an eagle; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint." Isaiah:28-31

How it happened...

Mom got the call about 12:45 from Robert, Cody's boss, that Cody had been in an accident. He had been electrocuted. All we knew is that he had been electrocuted and had to be shocked 2 times. When they got him down from the bucket he was lifeless. No pulse, no breaths! A co-worker Travis performed CPR on Cody for a total of 15-20 minutes until the paramedics arrived. We drove to Oklahoma City not knowing a thing, not even if he was alive or not! It's still not quite clear what caused the accident. He was cutting a neutral line and somehow came in contact with a live wire with his shoulder. The extent of the damage is believed to be inside.

"Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant life" - Jer. 33:6