My Blessings

I am reminded how incredibly blessed I am from the day to day happenings of my life. I'm thankful for everyday that Christian does not have seizures. I have not forgotten the long days of watching him have them, him falling asleep for hours, or bouncing constantly from the little ones. I don't want to take for granted each day that he is free of what I just mentioned. I remember to thank God when he falls asleep peacefully just because he's tired from the days activities. I'm thankful that he has been able to endure long sessions of therapy that are making an incredible difference in his quality of life. Before he was not able to do that. I feel freedom in the ability to take him here and there and not be interrupted by a seizure in public. Eric, Christian and I have experienced what it's like to have joy filled normal family outings this summer. We never had that until now and we cherish it. Thank you all for contributing to that through your prayers, time, and energy. Hug your kids tight and don't forget all of your blessings.

Videos of therapy

Sikeston Therapy was great

Fawn is massaging his hamstrings and getting them stretched out.












Christian does not like the sour taste he was just given for the first time.


We are done with our time here in Sikeston for our summer therapy. Thank you so much to the Kenny Rogers Child Center staff and therapists that worked with Christian-Elisa, Carrissa, Fawn, and Dana. Your kiddos back home are blessed to have such knowledgeable, caring, patient therapists. I appreciate the time and energy you put in to working with Christian.



I have learned a lot too that I can take home and work on with him. He is just getting so much stronger. I'm proud of all of the hard work he has done. I don't know if I could "workout" for one and a half hours a day. Mommy and daddy are proud of you!

The "sour" picture -let me explain. It is good for kids to experience all of the different tastes-sour, sweet , bitter. . . well he got the sour taste from a spray on his chewy. This helps activate different parts of the mouth. It was pretty funny. He didn't mind the lemon juice taste.

Videos of Christian working:

Dana (blue shirt) is working on stretching his arms and helping him sit up straight and the other video is going from sitting to standing.

3rd therapy session in sikeston

Christian has an OT and PT this time. They are working on strengthening his core muscles to help him sit properly. His obliques which are your abs on the sides need to be strengthened for a number of reasons. They are also working on using his hands for other things besides chewing on them.

White Water Fun

"i love the water"

We took Christian to white water for the first time and he loved it. We stayed in the lazy river most of the time. I'm disappointed that I just figured out that swim time equals a for sure nap time for Christian. Needless to say we are swimming more now. Enjoy the pics.