Constraint Therapy Files

We're coming down the homestretch of constraint therapy--tomorrow, in fact, is the last day. Annie has done well, and is just beginning to use her right arm to reach and activate toys. Today she not only reached for a toy, but when it didn't work, she tried again and again. So those connections between her brain and her arm/hand are there--they just need tons and tons of practice. We have our work cut out for us at home, and much more so when she gets the cast off her left arm tomorrow. It'll be very easy to just go back to doing things the "easy" way--but we'll fight against that, right?

Meanwhile, this weekend Olivia and I going away for a bit of R&R--Bill took the younger boys on a little vacation earlier this summer, and now it's our turn. Someday we'll go together as a family, but we haven't found someone to take care of Annie for any extended time, so we'll tag-team for the time being. And someday, Bill & I will be able to go away together, but we're not seeing that anytime soon either. What would be perfect is for God to heal Annie, and then we could all go camping together, or to the Hilton, one or the other.

For now though, I'm just very thankful that Bill is willing to spell me for a few days, and I would be even more thankful for your prayers that everything go well for him this weekend. The boys will be here to give him a hand, too, helping with Annie and eating pizza rolls.

Jean

I will lift up my eyes to the hills—From whence comes my help?
My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.
He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade at your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul.
The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore. Psalm 121