I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and were able to spend time with family and friends. We were able to spend Christmas with Katie and I think she really enjoyed getting to see the family and spend time with them. She has been progressing very well over the holiday. Her speech is getting better and she is able to say more than a couple of words at a time. She is also able to say what she is thinking a little easier than she was before. Her fall did not slow her down at all because she is back to walking and not using her wheelchair anymore. Katie is allowed to walk everywhere she goes and she told us that in her physical therapy she moved up because she was riding a bike and now she is walking/jogging. Katie is doing extremely well her and everyone is impressed with her progress. She still has a long road ahead of her before she will be completely back to herself but the progress she is making is really good!
If you would like to visit Katie she would love it and I know that on Saturdays they do a luncheon for friends and family of the patient at 11:30 if anyone would like to come and visit with Katie during that time. Also, you can visit her anytime after 4 during the week and from 9 to 8 on Saturdays and Sundays.
I would also like to ask that you would keep the young woman, at Barnes Hospital, who they believe has the same thing as Katie in your prayers. She is not doing good right now and they have her in the ICU and she is in a medical induced coma because they are trying to relax her brain so that she will stop having seizures. Please pray for her, her family and the doctors as they are all trying to help her and get her well again.
Thank you all for EVERYTHING you have done for our family and for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers! It means so much to us and we are very grateful for everything and know that God has blessed us so much!
1 Peter 5:7- Cast all of your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.
