Hello, everyone! Thank you for your continuous support and prayers for our family and especially for my sister! Katie is doing pretty well right now. She has been going to therapy about four days a week and while she is there she does physical therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy. I think physically she is almost back to normal. There might be times where she becomes a little off balance or unsure of herself, but other than that she can do just about anything she could before. She is still needing some help with her speech. She is not having trouble saying the words, but more with the types of words she uses. An example of this is she will say mommy instead of mom. So the therapist is working with her on using language that is more appropriate to her age. If you have talked to her she does not use as wide of a vocabulary as she could. It is not that she cannot do it or does not want to, she just needs to relearn this part of her life. She has been improving throughout the weeks though and that is a positive note. Then, she is doing well in occupational therapy, but she still needs to relearn several things and that will just take time. She is progressing each and everyday though and that is all we can ask for. We also have to remember that God has been by her side through all of this and helped her overcome this much of this disease and he will help her through the rest of it!
I am going to try and update the blog every Thursday because that is the best time for me and now that Katie is back at home and doing therapy it is a little slower of a healing process; therefore, I do not need to update the blog as constantly as before. I do want to keep everyone updated though and that is why I am going to update it every Thursday. I am also going to try and find more information about the disease so that I can share it with all of you, so that you can have a better understanding of what happened to Katie. I am learning that more and more people are getting this disease and I want to share as much about it as possible, so that others will not have to go through what Katie did.
"You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have."
"Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her."- Luke 1:45
