boy is my face red! i was here last night and completely forgot to write. sorry. gen had a good day yesterday. she stood in the standing frame in morning pt, with no help getting her feet straight. she blew bubbles and did other breathing exercises while standing. in ot the therapist was hooking up the electrodes and gen started moving her arm forward without stimulus. it surprised the therapist, but she let gen keep moving forward without help, and then did the electrodes only for moving the arm back. yay! in speech therapy we had a session in the electronics wing of the hospital, using a computer that she can work by looking at the letters or words. she spelled several things and was told that she had done better than most everyone on a first try. they will see about letting her use the computer in her room some next week if they can. otherwise she will use it in the office she used on friday. gen was supposed to get a lunch again, but there was a mixup between speech therapy who wrote for it and the fill-in doctor who didn't write the order. she ended up not getting lunch at all, but she was okay with that. she did more sitting stretches and workouts with the exercise ball in afternoon pt. all in all she did some new things and did better at some old things. a good day. we thank God for good days and thank Him for not giving us many bad days at all. sorry this is late.
susan
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Dear Gen,
We are thrilled for you to hear you are actually getting real food again. I am sure anything would taste pretty darn good at this point.
we are following your progress and are so happy for you!
Just a note of interest for you -- Jerry is now at 122 flashing 123 on the bathroom scale! It has been a wonder watching him improve! -- his goal is 125 so he does not have far to go.
We took Chase to u of a thursday and got him settled in. He was sooooo excited.
You are always in our prayers and the ones at church.
Love,
Jerry,Kathy and Sophie Too!
Dear Susan, Josh, and Gen,
Thank you so much for the continued updates! This has to be one of the better uses of the internet. I am so proud and thankful each time I read about how Gen continues to surprise the therapists. We have a God who is doing amazing works through an amazing young woman! (That would be you, Gen, in case you didn't know.) You continue to be in our prayers.
Love,
Melfin and Bill
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