December 1, 2008

We have passed the one year mark since Jodi's stroke.  We had a family party to celebrate her life and progress.  It was so good for her to see the photos that we had taken of her during the year.  She could see how far she had come.  We went looking for Christmas decorations for her tree today. Somehow they got lost in the shuffle of everything last year.  I am sure that she will find them in time for next year but it is fun to shop for new ones this year.  She and her family will spend family night decorating her home and tree.  She directs from her wheelchair and Robert obeys.

She spent most of the thanksgiving holidays with her family in her own home.  Her family joined ours for Thanksgiving dinner and she was able to eat a very small amount of a roll and some turkey.  She takes what she can get at this point and continues to work hard to regain all of her swallow.  There will be many changes in the new year as Robert's company is changing to a new insurance plan.  That is good in some ways but it also means that she can no longer go to many of the Dr's that she has been seeing.  She will also begin her physical therapy and speech therapy here at the Stewart Rehab at the McKay-Dee hospital.  She is a little nervous about it but we are assured that they are very good. Jodi hopefully gets her cast off  this coming Friday.  It will be replaced with a plastic brace.  She will wear it for many months as she re-learns to walk.  She tells me to express thanks again for all of your prayers and messages.  She loves to read them and she is constantly overwhelmed with gratitude for all the prayers going on in her behalf. She knows that it is your faith coupled with hers that make the miracles happen.  Connie