Wednesday - April 8

Today didn't start out so well, nausea, need I say more? ...I wish I had a dime for every time I said the word nausea in the last 3 months. Jerry started the day feeling sick and grouchy, I can't blame him on the grouchy part I believe I would be a little more than grouchy having gone through the ordeal he's endured these last 3 months. Jerry qualifies for a hands free phone, which a technician came today to install. The phone is controlled by a switch, witch at this point may be a challenge for Jerry to use. There are several switches he can use depending on the situation, a pillow switch if he is in bed, a sip & puff switch or a blow switch which can be used on the wheelchair. This phone may come in handy in the future but I'm not so sure how it will work out at this point.

We headed out to SCI-FIT a few minutes late due to the phone technician being here longer then anticipated. Upon our arrival to SCI-FIT Jerry was not feeling well and was a bit snippy during the unloading, this in turn made me feel a bit snippy. I think the mood was evident upon our face when we walked in the door. It only took about 10 minutes of being at SCI-FIT before Jerry seemed to feel better. Maybe it's the work out, maybe it's being around great people that know how to make him smile and bring him out of his shell or maybe it's just getting away from me for awhile. At any rate he definitely felt better shortly after arriving. Jerry got to do gait training today and it was incredible. I pushed back tears as I watched him being assisted to walk the treadmill. I filmed the exercise or so I thought, I was so excited I wasn't filming when I thought I was, I pushed the wrong button. I was a little disappointed when I got home and found the video I thought I took did not exist. :-( Next time I will be sure I'm pushing the right button.




We heard about one of our Valley kids named Alley, my understanding is that she was in an accident yesterday. I've been told that she had bleeding of the brain and required surgery to repair the damage as well as a broken neck and paralyzed from the neck down. I pray for her full recovery, I pray God will give her strength. Please pray for her and her family, spread the prayer chain as some of you did for Jerry. This young woman is 19 and is fighting for her life, please pray for her and her family in your daily prayers.

Katie