Hi Guys
Kind of tough to make a blog sometimes when I am not down at the hospital but here's how the day is going. Allie is doing great in therapy but is being rather rough on Nancy. We know this is a phase.
Had a meeting with the doctors, therapists and administrator to discuss her future plans. After the meeting we are still up in the air. Hopefully they will extend her a week or two there to give us all time to help her a little more before we take her home. The challenge is how to handle her when she starts to get mean but more so how to read her body language - this will help us get a jump on her mood swings and we can either diffuse them or help her with words -"Allie would you like some alone time......" or "Are you tired?" This really helps and eventually she will be able to voice these things on her own. Let's face is, what teenage wants their parents around all of the time?
Check out what our good friend Beth Imhe did. She immortalized the Full Recovery Butterfly by having it tattooed on her ankle the other day. How cool. See the picture on the left side of the page.
Time to go. We'll chat tomorrow.
Allie's Dad
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Dear Steve, Nancy, Allie and Matt,
Sounds like a really good plan to have all of you together again in your home. It must be so exhausting for everyone in Allie's current surroundings. Maybe that's a part of her frustration and why she reacts to Nancy - she feels safe with her. I would imagine that once she's back in a familiar place, she will progress even faster. You guys are doing a fantastic job. So glad to hear you are doing so well in your therapy Allie. Your friend Beth's tattoo is awesome - what a wonderful idea.
Love,
Clare and Kim
Dear Steve, Nancy, Allie and Matt. Thank you for the daily information on Allie and how things are going with your family. Even if we don't comment daily, we do read your post daily and understand how difficult, but hopeful Allie's recovery is. But such good news that she may be able to come home fairly soon. That may help her recovery even more in familiar surroundings. But I know it has been very hard lately. Please know that you are all in our hearts and prayers every day. All our love, Tibby and Homer
Dear Steve & Nancy,
Today, every time I think of Allie I am reminded of Abraham, Sarah, & Isaac. How Abraham believed God when He promised to give them a son. Despite how everything looked (Abraham & Sarah waaaaaay too old to have a baby), still Abraham & Sarah believed. God gave them credit for their faith in Him and did, indeed, give them a precious child. In spite of how things appeared, no matter what others said. God had a plan. Abraham believed in God and that plan. Yes, there was some wavering...but still the faith to believe the truth spoken by the Lord.
I gaze upon our son and think how we believed for a promise. We knew all along Who was in control. We 'kept the faith' despite what others said.
So Steve, Nancy, 'Keep the faith', because God is in control and is keeping things right on track (His, that is). The trying times will come. No matter how we plan we can't prepare enough for them because we are weak fallible human beings. But rest in Him and lean on Him when the times of frustration and exhaustion come. God loves our children more than we ever will be capable.
When we are able to give that child back to Him, that is when He truly begins a work in that child that we cannot even fathom. A work that will glorify God in the end.
Trust, lean...Full Recovery, NEVER a Doubt!!! Start praising Him even now for the work He has yet to do in Allie...because as sure as He is Faithful, and He is!, that work is being completed, even as I write these words. Keep the Faith.
"We continue to shout our praise even when we're hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next." Romans 5:3-4 (The Message)
Continuing laying Allie on His altar, Give her our love;)
Marla & Family
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