Thursday Evening, June 29th

Thursday night and back at the hospital for the weekend.

Well she sang!!!!!!!!!!!!! It wasn't much, only one sentence but she sang. Nancy was singing to her and she began to remember the words. At first she just mouthed a few and then she sandg a few. Wow, it was awesome to hear her voice again. It dawned on us that the reason she hasn;t been singing is that she can not remember the words to the songs. She still has a very difficult time remembering things but when she is prompted she can come up with the right word or memory.

It's sad and cute at the same time. She is having a difficult time with short term memory. Her friend Kristen was here this afternoon and ten minutes after she left we asked Allie who had just visited her and she couldn't come up with the name, however she is improving. Every Thursday evening they have "hang out time" where everyone on the floor will gather to make beaded jewelry or just color. Last week Allie would have nothing to do with it. Since her friend was here, Nancy and I ran over to K-Mart real quick and when we got back we snick up on the room and there was Allie sitting at the table with everyone else, she had made a bracelet and was coloring a sign for her door. My heart melted when I saw here there. She looked just like everyone else, just like Allie.

Allie is still talking alot and still is not able to distinguish reality in alot of areas, but it will come. It's hard and tiring but Nancy is hanging strong and I am right there with here. God had truly smiled on all of us - at times you can go, wow it this all she is going to be and then you go Wow, she is truly amazing. Thank you God for giving her back to us and thank you for everything you have blessed us with.

Our meeting with her staff went well. It was not a question and answer session, something I would have liked but I guess at this time there are still no answers. All of the therapists agree that Allie has progressed leaps and bounds, especially in the last two days. They say she is fairy safe and can now shower by herself, dress herself and go for supervised walks. I am going to see if we can take her to a park tomorrow.

Everything is going well with Full Recovery.net. we are building the website behind the scenes right now and we have sent t-shirts and bracelets across the country so the movement is under way. At this time I am looking for inspirational stories you may have of peoples recoveries and tips you may have with regards to helping people recover and/or how to be a patient advocate for your loved one. You may e-mail them to me at drcagen@citcom.net

If you would like to participate in Full Recovery, check out our temporary website at www.fullrecovery.net

Please keep your prayers coming and please e-mail your prayer groups again, we are still a long way from being out of the woods and we need your love and prayers.

I love you all
Allie's Dad