Family and friends...

   On Saturday night, I spent the night at Rogers with Scilla for the first time, and most likely my last. I do not know how my baby sister, Angelic; Greg's sister, Tabitha; Scilla's friends, Tammy, Loretta, and Adrienne have spent the night several times with her. I say thank you to them for your sacrifice. I am the type of person who has to have at least 6 hours of sleep to function; if I have less than that my voice becomes raspy and I get chills. Our night involved 2 visits from the respiratory therapist, several visits from the nurse, a visit from the lab tech, and a change of pajamas; all of this between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m! So here is a picture of my bed for the night; a far cry from the king I have at home.

      Our family has always been a praying family. Our family is a big pretty big one and I can say that

my family has definitely been a great support system for my sister since her accident. She enjoys the company of everyone and  it always makes her smile even through the pain. On Friday afternoon, I am sure my family broke some type of room capacity code at the hopsital. My sister over 15 people in her room at once; I don't know but everyone decided to visit at once! My sister was in heaven! She has said on several occassions that since her accident; God has allowed her to see who her true friends are and has shown her just how much our family loves her and cares about her health. Since my sister has been in the hospital, she has not spent one night alone. Someone has always been by her side and as a result she has anxiety about being alone in her hospital room now!

    Scilla is continuing to progress. My mom, who is a pro at it, cathed her for the first time today. Everyone else is also starting to get actively involved also. Because my wonderful husband is the only one in the family who does not drive and SUV, I will be taking his car to the hospital for her to practice tansferring in and out of a car. The therapist says that she want be able to get in an SUV, which means she will have to get a new or another car as well (the expenses continue to grow).

    Several family members have noticed a curveture in her spine. We are not sure if this is a result of the surgery or if it is because of her not sitting upright. So, today we put her in a chair and here is a picture of her playing cards with her husband. She enjoys rummy as a part of her recreational therapy.

                                                     

                                                        

I know I have a few pictures already, but here are a couple of more of family :

                                     

                                                Nicole and Kaylee ( Niece and great - niece)

                                                    they loved sitting on Aunt Scilla's bed

                                          

                                                            

                        A kiss from her niece Aaryanna

      In closing, if you have family and friends that care about you and are there for you when you need them most, be sure to thank God for them because there are so many people out there would love to have the family and friend support that my sister has and it is truly a blessing. Thank you God for placing every special person that you have placed in our lives.

"Walking in Faith..."