The Best Easter Ever!

Jennifer, David, & Josiah went back to MO yesterday. It was wonderful having Jennifer at home with all of us. We celebrated Easter on Saturday. Celebrating a holiday with Jennifer was a joyous occasion. We'd celebrated Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Year's without her. It was great having the family together again. The only thing missing was our little Kacyn.

Josiah really enjoyed the egg hunt! He was soooo cute to watch! My 13 year old daughter, Kennedy, helped him find the eggs. Jennifer wasn't able to help Josiah hunt eggs, but I know she'll be able to help Kacyn next Easter! She sat on the porch in her wheelchair, watching, & smiling.

Josiah also enjoyed running around & playing with all of his cousins! He thinks he's as big as they are!

Our aunt & uncle from Tulsa came over to see Jennifer on Saturday as did our uncle from Rogers, AR. It was the first time any of them had seen Jennifer since she woke up. It was a very emotional time for everyone.

Kathy, David's mom, made a video that I'm going to attempt to add to the blog. It takes you through pictures documenting the events since the accident. Hopefully, I'll be able to get this posted soon for everyone to watch. We watched it on Sat & there was not a dry eye in the place!

Jennifer was a great softball player when she was younger. My daughter plays softball & is a very good player too. Jen says Kennedy gets it from her. Kennedy had a scrimmage game on Sat afternoon. Jen wanted to go watch so she did! She was yelling (as best she could), cheering Kennedy on. She got very tired & had to leave before the game was over, but she enjoyed watching Kennedy play. Kennedy plays 1st base which is one of the positions Jennifer used to play.

I cannot put into words how much it meant to all of us to have Jennifer home again. It was very difficult saying "bye" to Jennifer yesterday. She started crying so, as usual when Jen cries, everyone cries! I miss them already!

They are going to begin focusing more on Jen's walking in therapy this week. The dr says that once she starts walking, her speech will begin improving considerably. It's still very difficult to understand her sometimes.

Hope everyone had a great Easter holiday also! I know it's because of your prayers that we were able to celebrate the holiday with Jennifer again! She continues to slowly improve. The progress is very, very slow & not as noticeable now as it was before, but she continues to improve. She still has a long way to go! She still needs to regain use of her left hand & arm. She is able to completely open & close her right hand & is able to pick some things up, but it sometimes takes several tries. She hasn't regained complete use of it yet because of her hand-eye coordination & also due to not having much movement in her wrist. Please pray for the use of her hands, wrists, arms, & her hand-eye coordination as well as her speech, legs, feet, walking, eyes, eating, & swallowing. (She is still limited on what she can eat & her beverages still have to be thickened.) She still needs prayers for head-to-toe healing! Please continue to pray for David. He's doing a wonderful job taking care of her, but I know this is not an easy task. She is totally dependant on him for everything which has to be stressful & difficult for him. Kacyn still needs prayers too! He still has to wear splints on his hands & feet. And we can't forget little Jo! Please pray for angels to watch over him & keep him safe! One last prayer request...for Grammy. She's doing a wonderful job taking care of Kacyn & Jo while David spends the majority of his time taking care of Jennifer & running her to dr appts & therapy. She may have the fun job, but I know it's not an easy one!

Love,
Lynn