Great things going on with April. The other day in a waiting room there was a radio playing some of her beloved 60s music. I got to hear her happily sing along to Crimson and Clover, Happy Together, Brown Eyed Girl, Crystal Blue Persuasion, and Get Together. What a treat it was to hear her quietly sing I cant see me lovin nobody but you for all my life.... Yes, indeed. Happy together! Shes talking more in complete sentences, answering questions directly, and generally making some pretty good strides in speech. She told me to close the door and turn on TV in living room. Again, that odoesnt sound very big but at the same time very huge. At the neurologist the other day, he reminded us what a significant stroke this was, and how fortunate she is. But over the months she has fought through it and is starting to excel. Morrigan and I had to go to Med Express for a sinus infection which has kept her out of school. We left April at the house because we thought wed only be gone an hour or so. We were gone 3.... The longest we had ever left her alone. I was worried sick but we got home and she did fine. She had changed clothes, gotten up and fixed herself a pop and got a pre-made sandwich from the fridge (which she hated and pointed at it and said yuck!), but was not too happy with me because I didnt have the heater up high enough. I asked her how I could make it up to her, and she said Olive Garden! So guess where we had dinner.... I would have never dreamed of leaving her alone for three hours just a short time ago (and Im still leery of doing it at least in the near future). But again, another sign of huge progress. She is running her course on some of her meds, and basically there is a lot for which to be happy. Praise God! Her right arm is gaining some movement, but still basically nonfunctional, and if she doesnt work it much it gets painful. We are addressing it in Physical Therapy, but we could also use prayers that the overall healing continues. Thats about it for now. You know, sometimes its easy to be upset at the situation, but in total perspective, our family is very blessed. We have our family, we are happy (happy together), we are healing, and the Lord spared April. What an amazing gift. Thank you for your prayers. We are overwhelmed!
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 02:27:59 +0000
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