DEAR EVERYONE,     THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU KIND COMMENTS.  I SOOOOOO APPRECIATE ALL YOUR CARE AND PRAYERFUL SUPPORT.  I HAVE STARTED OUT PATIENT THERAPY AND JUST RETURNED FROM A EDR. APPT., SO I WILL FILL YOU IN A BIT.   

MY OUT PATIENT THERAPIST. JILL. SAID SHE CAN TELL I HAVE BEENE WORKING VERY HARD AS I PASSED ALL THE TESTS SHE GAVE ME.  SHE IS WEANING E OFF THE WALKER TO A CANE AND EVENTUALLY NOTHING!! SHE GAVE ME SOE MORE DIFFICULT EXERCISES TO  DO AT HOME AND FEELS I WILL ONLY NEED TO CHECK IN WITH HER EVERY OTSHER WEEK.  MY SPEECH THERAPIST, NICOLE, WAS VERY SWEET AND TALKED TO ME ALOT ABOUT BRAIN INJURIES AND I WILL SEE HER WEEKLY FOR AWHILE.  SHE SAID SHE HAS STRASTEGIES TO DEAL WITH MY HEADACHES AND EXTREME FATIGUE.  I AM TO KEEP A JOURNAL OF HOW I FEEL,ETC.  I EASILY PASSED ALL HER COGNITIVE TESTS, BUT IT WILLBE ORE A MATTER OF LEASRNING TO FOCUS BETTER AGAIN.  I MEET WITH STHE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST FOR THE FIRST TIME NEXT WEEK,  THEY ALL STRESSED THAT THE JOUREY TO COMPLETE RECOVERY IS G R A D U A L  AND TO NOT RACE THROUGH THINGS, BUT TO START WITH EASY ACTIVITIES LIKE FOLDING CLOTHES AND DOING DISHED...DARN!!~!~   I AM ALSO SUPPOSED TO DO ONE THING PER DAY THAT BRINGS ME JOY!! IF YOU ARE WONDERING EHY I HAVE NOT CALLED YOU, IT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE  ENCOURAGED ME NOT TO MAKE CALLS YET AS IT TAKES ALOT OF EMOTIONAL ENERGY AND RAINS YOU.  SO I AM RING TO FOLLOW THAT....IF I TALK TO Y PARENTS DAILY AND OUR THREE GIRLS, THAT IS AS MUCH AS I CAN HANDLE.  IT DOES NOT MEAN I AM NOT THINKING ABOUT YOU TOO AND  HOPING WE CAN VISIT  SOON!!

 MY APPT TODAY WAS WITH MY INTERNIST....A FOLLOW UP  HOSPITALIZATION VISIT.  TONY WAS OFF TODAY, SO THANK GO HE WAS WITH ME.   THEY WENT OVER ALL OF MY MEDICATIONS AN DELETED SOME, CHANGED AMOUNTS, ETC.  I HAVE PAGES OF APPTS, COMING UP TOO.  IT IS A FT JOB TRYING TO GET WELL!! BUT I AM DETERMINED!!!   I HAVE FELT A BIT DOWN THE PASSED FEW DAYS....FOR EXAMPLE WE WATCHED  LION KING  THE OTHER NIGHT AND I SOBBED THROUGH THE ENTIRE THING!!  MY SPEECH THERAPIST SAID WITH BRAIN INJURIES IT IS   VERY COMON TO HAVE SAD DAYS TOO.   SO PLEASE CONTINUE HE PRAYERS...THAT IS WHAT KEEPS ME GOING!!

THE REALY EXCITING NEWS IS THAT WE GET TO MEET OUR PRECIOUS GRANDDAUGHTER ELLA BETH TODAY!! SHE IS EXACTL FIVE WEEKS OLD AND I CANNOT WAIT TO CUDDLE AND ROCK HER AND MAKE HER SMILE!!   SHE IS VERY ADVANCED FOR HER AGE....HA HA ISNT THAT WHAT ALL GRANDPARENTS SAY!!!  MARYALYCE IS ON HER WAY DOWN WITH THE BABE RIGHT NOW....AND THREE DOGS..OUCH...OUR HOUSE IS SMALL FOR STHAT!! MLLY WILL BE OVER TONIGHT TOO AFTER WORK, AS WELL AS BRIGIE AND HER BOYFRIEND.  IT WILL  BE THE MOST ACTION I HAVE SEENIN MONTHS!!  TONY AND BRIGIE ARE MEETING MARYALYCE HALF WAY...JUST TO MAKE SURE ALL THINGS GO WELL...BRIGIE WILL JOIN MARYALYCE FOR TH REST OF THE RIDE DOWN.   BEN WAS NOT ABLE TO CVOME DUE TO HIS WORK SCHEDULE.  WE OF COURSE CONTINUE TO WEAR MASKS AROUND FAMILY TOO..AND OBSERVE THE SIX FOOT RULE AS WELL.     WELL, I HAVE REALLY RAMBLED ON...

I WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES THE HAPPIEST OF NEW YEARS...MAY WE SEE THE ENDOF COVID SOON AND MAY WE BE A KINER, GENTLER WORLD BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HAVE AL GONE THROUGH.  MORE  SOON.....LOVE, BETH