Monday, September 28, 2009

Newest updates

Hi all,
I got an email back from Richard last night and haven't had time to post until now. Christie has a swallow study on Oct 5Th at 9:00 AM. I want to go with her but Richard says only one person can go. I will still be there if I have to stay outside the door. I am hoping he will let me go since he has been to all the others and I have not been able to.
2)Christie has started with therapy with machine assistance for balance and steadiness to transfer her weight from a seated to standing position and has done a few sessions. Christie is strong and able to stay in a standing position for 30 minutes. Also, The occupational therapist is working with her as well and Christie can, with minimal assistance, go from a laying to sitting in bed position under her own power. 3)Christie, as well as 5 others, are still in staffing stage for school, Richard will get more information from the Miami Dade Liaison on Tuesday.
4)Christie's hearing aides are not back from being repaired. They where being repaired the last time we where there and are not ready yet. I have never seen Christie with hearing aides. Seems they are always being repaired.
ALSO PLEASE REMEMBER WE GO BACK TO COURT ON OCT. 6TH. PLEASE PRAY CHRISTIE COMES HOME.
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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Christie's Surgery Update

Well we are back from Miami. We drove the 800 miles Monday and went straight to bed. Tuesday morning we were up early to spend as much time with Christie as we could. We didn't leave the nursing home until after Christie went to bed. Wednesday we were at the hospital at 6:00 AM. We got to stay with Christie until they took her through the OR doors. They took her back at 7:30. Surgery started late at 9:00. I don't know what took so long to start. Surgery was over around noon. We got to stay with her in recovery until she got into a room. We stayed with her until around 4 or 5 I think. Christie did really well after surgery. The nurses wrapped " Joy Bears " feet in cast to so Christie would have company. It is really cute.We went back to the hospital Thursday morning and stayed with Christie until transport arrived after 5:00. We then met Christie at the nursing home and got her settled back in bed and stayed with her until around 9:00 when she was ready for bed. Christie was very tired. Christie is my trooper.They will start standing exercises with Christie in a few days.
PS please remember we go back to court Oct 6 for the hearing.Please remember us in Prayer
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About Christie

I am Becky, Christie's Mom and I want to tell you about Christie. Christie is a beautiful, outgoing, and caring person. She loves outside, turtles, frogs, birds all kinds of animals especially horses. Christie has talked about maybe becoming a vet. Christie was injured in a car wreck on April 19,2008. Christie has a severe globial brain injury where they had to remove the whole left tempral lobe. This blog is to share Christie's story. She is a fighter, and she is making a recovery that no one thought she would.

MOTHERS


This is a truly BEAUTIFUL piece. Please Read this at a slow pace, digesting every word and in Leisure...do not hurry... This is a treasure...
>For those lucky to still be blessed with your Mom,This is beautiful. For those of us who aren't, this is Even more beautiful. For those who are moms, you'll love this.
>The young mother set her foot on the path of life. 'Is This the long way?' she asked. And the guide said:'Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of it... But The end will be better than the beginning.'
But the young mother was happy, and she would not Believe that anything could be better than these years. So she Played with her children, and gathered flowers for Them along the way, and bathed them in the clear streams; and The sun shone on them, and the young Mother cried,'Nothing will ever be lovelier than this.'
>Then the night came, and the storm, and the path was Dark, and the children shook with fear and cold, and the mother Drew them close and covered them with her mantle, and the children said, 'Mother, we are not afraid, for you are near, and no harm can come.'
>And the morning came, and there was a hill ahead, and The children climbed and grew weary, and the mother was weary. But at all times she said to the children,' A little patience and we are there.'So the children climbed, and when they reached the top They said, 'Mother, we would not have done it without you.'
>And the mother, when she lay down at night looked up At the stars and said, 'This is a better day than the last, for my Children have learned fortitude in the face of hardness.Yesterday I gave them courage. Today, I've given them strength.'
>And the next day came strange clouds which darkened The earth, clouds of war and hate and evil, and the children groped And stumbled, and the mother said: 'Look up. Lift your eyes to the light. ' And the children looked and saw above the clouds An everlasting glory, and it guided them beyond the Darkness. And that night the Mother said, 'This is the best day of all, for I have shown my children God.'
>And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and The years, and the mother grew old and she was little and bent. But her children were tall and strong, and walked with Courage. And when the way was rough, they lifted her, For she was as light as a feather; and at last they came to a hill,And beyond they could see a shining road and golden gates flung wide. And Mother said, 'I have reached the end of my journey. And now I know the end Is better than the beginning, for my children can Walk alone, and their children after them.'
>And the children said, 'You will always walk with us, Mother, even when you have gone through the gates.'And they stood and watched her as she went on alone, and the gates Closed after her. And they said: 'We cannot see her But she is with us still. A Mother like ours is more than a memory. She Is a living presence.......'
>Your Mother is always with you... She's the whisper Of the leaves as you walk down the street; she's the smell of bleach In your freshly laundered socks; she's the cool hand On your brow when you're not well. Your Mother lives Inside your laughter. And she's crystallized in every tear drop. She's the place you came from, your first home; and she's the map you follow with every step you take. She's your first love And your first heartbreak, and nothing on earth can Separate you.Not time, not space... Not even death!
>I LOVE YOU MY BABY GIRL