July 14 2006
Improvements are coming. From one week to the next transfers to the car have become easy compared to the first week we did them to go to church. He is able to move his left foot much more easily in the directions he would like, much more able to keep his foot forward when necessary and they are working on his knee bending more to make it move even better. He has excellent care and they all want to see him improve as much as he does.
This week Pt and Ot are concentrating on strengthing his arm - the biceps and keeping the spasticity out of his hand so he is wearing a splint. Because of the 3 week delay in treatment those reflexes had gotten too strong and now they are working hard at getting the wrong reflexes to lessen so he has "tone" in the right direction.
Lots of positive gains and speech therapy can see gains in his speech too. Mostly working on the "wh" questions because he gets those confused and also pronouns though he is working hard to understand and get the right pronoun out. Like talking of himself as "I" or "me" instead of "they". It can get confusing when the wrong pronoun is used :-) Makes us appreciate our linguistic language learning collegeues (sp-sorry) that much more! :-)
We continue to try to get the house ready for Bobb's return. It may still be 2 weeks before he is home, though it could be as soon as next week. I think we have it worked out so he can get his Pt in Wallowa County instead of driving to Walla Walla, though it is hard to think of leaving the familiar, but the Pt in Enterprise sounds very capable and I'm sure we will get to know him and be able to work with him too.
As a friend has reminded me - I need to concentrate more on the positive and not so much of what was lost. We are not defined in what is gone, but who we are in Christ. So true! I'm a pessimist by nature and always am waiting for the other shoe to drop. I am going to work on seeing Jesus here today and the gains in my own life through this.
Continue praying - we are gaining every day!
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being. so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Eph. 3:16-19 That goes for our family too :-)
This week Pt and Ot are concentrating on strengthing his arm - the biceps and keeping the spasticity out of his hand so he is wearing a splint. Because of the 3 week delay in treatment those reflexes had gotten too strong and now they are working hard at getting the wrong reflexes to lessen so he has "tone" in the right direction.
Lots of positive gains and speech therapy can see gains in his speech too. Mostly working on the "wh" questions because he gets those confused and also pronouns though he is working hard to understand and get the right pronoun out. Like talking of himself as "I" or "me" instead of "they". It can get confusing when the wrong pronoun is used :-) Makes us appreciate our linguistic language learning collegeues (sp-sorry) that much more! :-)
We continue to try to get the house ready for Bobb's return. It may still be 2 weeks before he is home, though it could be as soon as next week. I think we have it worked out so he can get his Pt in Wallowa County instead of driving to Walla Walla, though it is hard to think of leaving the familiar, but the Pt in Enterprise sounds very capable and I'm sure we will get to know him and be able to work with him too.
As a friend has reminded me - I need to concentrate more on the positive and not so much of what was lost. We are not defined in what is gone, but who we are in Christ. So true! I'm a pessimist by nature and always am waiting for the other shoe to drop. I am going to work on seeing Jesus here today and the gains in my own life through this.
Continue praying - we are gaining every day!
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being. so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Eph. 3:16-19 That goes for our family too :-)
posted by Bobb & Kayleen at
8:57 AM
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Hello Mr. and Mrs. Lewis! This is Rebekah Skrobot writing :) I just want to continue to encourage you that this journey your family is on is a Faith builder to me. I really appreciate the oppertunity to read the updates and go through some of the emotions with you as you work through this. It is great to see God work and to be able to pray more effectively for the two of you. I know that pray works and there is a group of ladies in my church (here in Minnesota) praying for you and your family.
I miss you both, Bekah*
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Anonymous, at 8:40 PM
Hi Kayleen,
Just to let you know you aren't forgotten over here. We all miss you guys.
I really appreciate your honesty in talking about the joys and sorrows of your life right now. One thing you said in this message, July 14, reminded me of a symbolic jesture that might be helpful to you in "not focusing on the negative." I did it once on a retreat and it was very meaningful to me. I don't know if you are into symbolism, although I guess we do it regularly when we take communion.
Anyway, the idea is to sacrifice your losses to God on an alter. As you discover new losses, and I imagine you will continue to do so as time goes on, write them down on a piece of paper and stick it in your bible. It's OK to recognize the loss and even cry over it, but when all those losses start to distract you, to weigh you down, to turn your eyes off the joy of knowing Christ, then burn them. Take the paper out with your current list of losses and burn it, in a fire place or just out in the yard. But, as you do make it an offering to God, make all those losses a willing sacrifice - by choice, count them all losses for the sake of gaining Christ, for the sake of knowing him in his suffering. You'd be amazed at how much of the OT comes alive and things you notice that you've never seen before when you to have made sacrifices as the children of Israel did.
We continue to pray for you, rejoicing with in progress and weeping with you in the difficulties.
Blessings,
Bonnie Nystrom
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