June 16th, 2009 morning

Things continue to progress and Allie continues her journey to Full Recovery. Every day we notice new changes in her behavior, her actions and her drive. In the past she did not notice any deficits in herself and she though she had reached a state of Full Recovery but now more thanever she is the one who is pusing and driving herself. She may not realize why but she is talking more about going away to college but she understands that she has to raise her academic bar. Must be starange but just like I can not really remember life before the accident I am sure she can not either. Fortunately I believe she remembers just enough to motivate her or she is seeing her friends move on and she wants to be a part of it. Cool, what ever way it is foward progress.

Huge leap in faith and maturity last week. Allie flew to Florida all by herself to spend a week with my sister Roni. Now I know that sounds like a little thing but after shat she has been though I was definitely nervous as time can get away from her and then switching gates..... would she make it to the gate in time, what if her flight was late and she missed her connector? There were a million different scenarios playing out in my head. What if she did not have a good time there or had an emotional moment or seizure or whatever? Would she take her medicine, or drink alcohol (not good for seizures) but innately I know she would do well and she did.

She loves her job at the assisted living facility and is looking to get more hours. She is learning to understand the value of money. When to spend and when to save. She like to spend better but who doesn't? As an added therapy we have been taking her to jewlery making classes and she loves it and is really good at it. As we try to help her with career choices and we believe in doing something that makes you happy not just makes you money we sat down and opened up a round table discussion as to what Allie likes to do and her favorite thing was always arts and crafts. Ever since she was a little girl she loved beads and cutting paper and that stuff so possibly jewlery making? After her first class she came out with a bracelet she made (two and a half hours of beading, not that is what I call therapy for her hands and hand eye coordination) and it was beautiful. Could have actually put it in a store and sold it. Next a necklance and today is her third lesson and she is way excited.

We will be registering her for another semester of college this week and we are hoping for the best. She will be doign two acadenim classes and two electives. She wanted to do four, I was thinking more three. We will do four.

Right ow Allie is doing her Neurofeedback and again I will say it is this training that has made all of the difference in her and I am recommending it to all of my friends. Seek out a therapist in your area nd try it for at least twenty sessions. Nothing to lose, everything to gain.

We are grateful and thankful to God and every person we have met on this journey. For whatever reason this was meant to be our journey so we gratefully accept it and the challenges that come with it and thank God for making us better people in the process.

Love and Recovery
Allie's Dad