All things come together

Christie is doing so well, she may not need the skilled medical anymore. She may move to a different building at FINR until the guardianship hearing, then she will leave FINR and either come to a facility here which is great, it's 2 miles from my house, they have speech,physical and occupational therapies or to a facility in Florida, depending on where she is going to live.
I would also like to take this time to apologize to anyone that may have been offended or hurt due to any comments made by me or anyone else who wrote anything negative on this blog. I miss Christie and miss getting to see her. She was supposed to be here for the summer, but instead, she is in Florida, where I have to drive 12 hours and spend at least 600.00 just for a couple days visit. I don't mind the drive or the money, it's just hard to come by sometimes, and I try to visit her at least every 2 weeks.Sometimes I get frustrated and loose sight of the over all picture.please continue to pray for her well being.
Becky

Randomness

I got to talk to Christie today. She is doing very well. I miss her so much. I want to see her, I miss hearing her voice when I talk to her. I have a Dogwood Tree Christie helped plant. It had a name, but can't remember what it was, so i always think of it as Christie's Dog Wood. It was covered in poison ivy, you couldn't see the tree for all the ivy. I went out today and cleaned all the poison ivy off of it.The tree is beautiful again, just like my Christie.We have a Crepe myrtle , named Myrtle, we have an Oak named Wyatt. and the dogwood named after Christie. Christie tells me she misses the fall and winter here in S.C. maybe she will be with me this season.
Please continue to pray.
Becky

Doing Well

Christie is doing really well. She has a new machine she uses to communicate with. It has prerecorded sentences and she pushes the buttons for what she wants to say. Today, she told Jose by pushing the buttons" Hi, I'm Christie I need to go to the restroom."
I talked to her yesterday, and I heard a big intake of breath, I thought it was the CNA, she said no, that it was Christie.
I really wish I was there with her. I know she is lonely. She told me the other day on the phone by the CNA that she was bored.Hopefully soon I will be able to see her everyday.
Please keep the prayers going.
Becky
P. S. David and Sharon, thank you for everything.

Nothing to tell

I have nothing new to tell, Christie is doing well in therapies. I miss her so much. I miss talking to her where she can answer back. I miss sending her cute emails that I know she would like. I miss talking to her about school and about Herman(inside between Christie and me)I try to watch movies and TV shows I know Christie likes just to have her close to me, I have FINR put the same show on for Christie, so we can "watch it together like we use to"I miss brushing her hair and snuggling with her. I just miss my Christie.
I love you my baby girl,
Love Mom

Long Day

Hey Everyone,
Christie had a really good day. Paula and Aaron went to visit this morning. Christie wrote back and forth with them, and had Paula call me so I could talk to her. She wrote out on the board "how is she doing" Christie also asked how her brothers were doing. Christie and Aaron also were bickering, Aaron would point to yes and Christie would point to no. The statement Aaron said was Christie was beautiful and she pointed to no and he pointed to yes. Paula said it was fun to watch. It made my day to know Christie still knows I'm still only a phone call away.
Becky

Made my Day

Hello,
Not much to tell you. I talked to Christie over the weekend, and she wrote out that she was bored. I wish I was there to spend the weekends with her. Not many people see her on the weekends and when they do, they don't stay very long.
Today Christie got measured for a wheel chair of her own. She said she wanted blue. I don't know what color blue she will get, but we will see.I also got a call today from Christie, of course someone else had to call for her, but she was the one who wanted to talk to me and to hear my voice. That really made my day to know she misses me, and even in her condition, she knows I am still only a phone call away.
Please continue to pray for my unspoken prayer.
Becky

Surprise Visit

Hi All,
Sorry I haven't up dated. I went to surprise Christie. I wanted to see her when she had to go to the hospital, but couldn't go then.I didn't want her to be there a lone, not knowing anyone, or why she was there. Christie is doing great. Christie is finally over the diarrhea, she had it for about 8 days.
I also found out Christie has PTA post traumatic amnesia. Christie thinks she is 13, that it is 2003 and she is in S.C. We had a very nice visit. She did break my heart though. She wanted me to "take her home with me" I told her she couldn't go home until she was well, that she had been in a car wreck, and that when she was better she could come home. Christie typed out on a key board, "please tell me I didn't cause this" I told her she had nothing to do with it, she was a passenger in a car and the car got hit.
Christie cried while I was there, and looked sad, but when I asked her why she was crying she said she wasn't.She did however inform me she wanted "rabbit slippers" so I went to wal mart, and could only find one kind of slippers. I guess it is still to hot for Character slippers. I got her a pair of white ones, she liked them she even posed them for a picture.
I got to see a glimpse of the old Christie, I took her picture several times out side, and she kept posing she did the peace sign, stuck out her tongue, she even tried to do the "hang loose sign" all on her own.
I also found out we have a tentative release date for Christie it could be as early as Sept.13, we are trying to find a place for her here in S.C . until she is well enough to come home.Also please remember to pray for my unspoken request.
Thanks, Becky

Back at FINR

Hey everyone,
Thanks for the prayers. Christie is back at FINR. She just had a virus. Please keep remembering my unspoken prayer request.
Love Becky and Christie

So far so good

Christie is doing much better. They are going to start her tube feedings back to day and see how she tolerates them. Her stomach is doing better, so it does still look like it was just a virus. I'll let you know more after I get an afternoon report. Thanks for the many prayers, thoughts and kind words.
Becky and Christie

One Step Back

Christie had to go to the hospital last night. She was throwing up and had diarrhea. She is at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg. They are going to keep her for a couple of days. Right now they think it is a virus, but they haven't ruled out Ileus. Ileus is a bowel obstruction. I will keep you updated. I have called 3 times today, and this is all the info I have right now. Please also remember the unspoken request.
Thanks,
Becky and Christie