Milestones
We had a busy weekend celebrating Annie's Grandmommie's 83rd birthday, her Poppie's 86th birthday, and their 65th wedding anniversary--momentous milestones all in the month of October. Annie is their youngest grandchild, and youngest daughter of the youngest of their kids, (Bill), and of course, we had Annie when we were near retirement age ourselves...we just stretched the whole thing out to the 11th hour all the way around. Nevertheless, we all enjoyed the party, and Annie always loves another opportunity to listen to her favorite song, Happy Birthday!
Annie's new word she learned at school this week was "Stop!" Nurse Moira and Annie have been practicing 'stop' & 'go' as they stroll around the school in her bike or in her wheelchair, and she understands the meanings of both words and uses the word 'stop' appropriately and in context. Of course, she said it a few times before I actually heard it...took me awhile to figure out what "daahhp!" meant. The furrowed eyebrows helped.
The hematoma on her leg has gotten much better--thanks for your prayers. Now it's just a faded green color, and should be gone in another week. We're giving her more iron--I think it's making her a little nauseous, but hopefully, helping with whatever is causing her anemia problem. We'll check it again in a couple of weeks.
Other than that, we're looking forward to another full week at school and therapy. Please continue to pray that she regain the use of her right arm/hand, learn lots of new words, and continue to WANT to move around & walk. She resists being in her gait trainer, and that's kind of discouraging.
Jean
Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the LORD,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:28-31