Finally Catch up
Ok, what's happened since March - a lot :-)
Anyway we did our 3 weeks in Canada and Bobb hasn't used a cane since. He still has a pretty pronounced limp, and pretty slow, but much more capable of doing things without dragging the cane around :-) He cooks, he cleans, he does the lawn, and he works on lots of therapy every day - a list (Zap, which means electrical stimulus of his leg and hand), Ladder work , Take a walk without his AFO, Read, Cognitive 1 hour, Hamstrings, Conductive Education (exercises), speech therapy. He never has enough time in the day, but we couldn't do without the work he does around the house either. ANd we are going to Walla Walla twice a week and sometimes to Tri Cities for other appointments. Neither of us do lack for anything to do
We are hopeing to get him working on some spreadsheets and other things soon and he has a driving evaluation later this month. Oh his freedom will go way up - (if we had a vehicle for him to drive when I'm gone). Please pray for this and for his work on passing the written test again.
He is working on improving his hamstring strength and hip flexion. Before Canada he couldn't use his hamstrings at all. Now he can work them a little and we continue to work on strengthening them. There are very God Given gifts of people who come and help Bobb with some of his exercises. WE can't say how much that means to us - its impossible to spread my arms far enough or measure far enough!!
Therapists continue to believe he will continue to improve and including Dr. Breland his Rehab physician so we keep working and working.
Bobb's arm is coming along, but there are no dramatic changes other than he has some wrist extension and a little finger wiggle - but you have to look fast or you miss it. His therapist believes that he is on the verge of a breakthrough on it and Dr. Breland thinks if we can get over one last bit of fence we can begin to work on functionality of his hand and arm. Please, Please pray hard for this to become fact instead of just wishful thinking. God knows about Bobb's healing and he will do it perfectly whatever that might be.
Cognitive is coming along too. His reading is improving, his speech recall is improving though hard with any group of people around. He has done a 1040 ez on his own - that may not seem like much but I know high school seniors who couldn't get it. And a loveable college student that had his dad do it :-)
God is in his heaven and working with me especially. Bobb takes most things in stride and works hard at praying for others, and being a part of a healing prayer ministry. That has been a Godsend for him to feel of value in ministry again. Me - I still have my up and down days - sometimes more down than others - like when I'm paying bills (and things don't stretch far enough) - but lots of people have that problem ;-) or looking at my messy clutter ridden house that I don't seem to have enough time or energy to get under control - its very draining for me, or when I just want a normal conversation with Bobb where every cry of my heart and his and every sentence is a struggle of interpretation.
We have spoken in a church a few weeks ago and he read all the scripture and spoke a few sentences. That was pretty awesome.
We have a remote assignment with Wycliffe for PNG branch right now and I have spoken to Craig Swanson recently to make sure we are on the same page of what he needs from me. They were in Walla Walla and he replaced Bobb in his position. Staff for the financial department in PNG is extremely short. Pray for them! It is a very stressful job.
Anyway we did our 3 weeks in Canada and Bobb hasn't used a cane since. He still has a pretty pronounced limp, and pretty slow, but much more capable of doing things without dragging the cane around :-) He cooks, he cleans, he does the lawn, and he works on lots of therapy every day - a list (Zap, which means electrical stimulus of his leg and hand), Ladder work , Take a walk without his AFO, Read, Cognitive 1 hour, Hamstrings, Conductive Education (exercises), speech therapy. He never has enough time in the day, but we couldn't do without the work he does around the house either. ANd we are going to Walla Walla twice a week and sometimes to Tri Cities for other appointments. Neither of us do lack for anything to do
We are hopeing to get him working on some spreadsheets and other things soon and he has a driving evaluation later this month. Oh his freedom will go way up - (if we had a vehicle for him to drive when I'm gone). Please pray for this and for his work on passing the written test again.
He is working on improving his hamstring strength and hip flexion. Before Canada he couldn't use his hamstrings at all. Now he can work them a little and we continue to work on strengthening them. There are very God Given gifts of people who come and help Bobb with some of his exercises. WE can't say how much that means to us - its impossible to spread my arms far enough or measure far enough!!
Therapists continue to believe he will continue to improve and including Dr. Breland his Rehab physician so we keep working and working.
Bobb's arm is coming along, but there are no dramatic changes other than he has some wrist extension and a little finger wiggle - but you have to look fast or you miss it. His therapist believes that he is on the verge of a breakthrough on it and Dr. Breland thinks if we can get over one last bit of fence we can begin to work on functionality of his hand and arm. Please, Please pray hard for this to become fact instead of just wishful thinking. God knows about Bobb's healing and he will do it perfectly whatever that might be.
Cognitive is coming along too. His reading is improving, his speech recall is improving though hard with any group of people around. He has done a 1040 ez on his own - that may not seem like much but I know high school seniors who couldn't get it. And a loveable college student that had his dad do it :-)
God is in his heaven and working with me especially. Bobb takes most things in stride and works hard at praying for others, and being a part of a healing prayer ministry. That has been a Godsend for him to feel of value in ministry again. Me - I still have my up and down days - sometimes more down than others - like when I'm paying bills (and things don't stretch far enough) - but lots of people have that problem ;-) or looking at my messy clutter ridden house that I don't seem to have enough time or energy to get under control - its very draining for me, or when I just want a normal conversation with Bobb where every cry of my heart and his and every sentence is a struggle of interpretation.
We have spoken in a church a few weeks ago and he read all the scripture and spoke a few sentences. That was pretty awesome.
We have a remote assignment with Wycliffe for PNG branch right now and I have spoken to Craig Swanson recently to make sure we are on the same page of what he needs from me. They were in Walla Walla and he replaced Bobb in his position. Staff for the financial department in PNG is extremely short. Pray for them! It is a very stressful job.
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