June 2nd, 2009 Wow! Jodi spent her first day at home alone with her two boys! Quite an achievement for her and her family. We kept phones close and I had Ana Jain. Jodi reported that she loved it. She was able to get her boys into the shower, get breakfast, lunch, do the dishes, do the full weekend worth of wash, clean the bathrooms. She managed this while doing her exercises and getting her own meds and making sure that she ate, got enough water to drink and rested off and on. She was both excited with her progress and exhausted by the end of the day. Jodi said that Aleq was so much help. Getting things for her, carrying what she could not, and just general gofer stuff. He said "Mom if we do good today, can we do this again? I love having just you with us at home, like it used to be." Jodi looks forward to doing it again. Possibly once every other week. That is the week that her in-laws go home on Friday and I usually go out with Jodi to take care of the kids. We will see.
There is a young mother in our ward who is going through some things that are so similar to Jodi. She did not have a stroke but they found a tumor at the base of her brain. She had surgery about twenty days ago during which they were able to remove most of the tumor. The tumor is a low grade tumor and also benign. Her future looks promising but she is now experiencing many small setbacks. Boy can we relate to that. Her name is Jodi Brown. She and Jodi Burton had worked together at the Shaken Baby foundation. They were friends before our Jodi had her stroke. Jodi Brown has been such a support to our Jodi during this past year and half. As Jodi Brown continues to struggle with complications, we ask that when you pray for our Jodi that you will include Jodi Brown's name as well. Jodi is younger than our Jodi and has four children 10 yrs and younger. Thanks so much! That's it for this week. Connie
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