Kari

 "I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth."   
                                                                                         ~Psalm 34:1
Good evening all!
Hope that you guys have had a great week.  I must be honest I am sooooooo thankful that it's Friday!  God has been good this week especially when I stop focusing on what is seen and rather think about all those things that are unseen and what God has already done!  She's alive, Praise the Jesus!
"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseenis eternal."
                                                                              ~2 Corinthians 4:18
Some awesome steps were taken today, literally!  Early this morning she had a CAT scan and they saw that her brain was absorbing all her fluid, Hallelujah!!!! Sometime today, we're not quite sure when it happened the removed her drain and her stitches from the back incision spot!!!
When she had PT today she walked around the whole unit, with a lot of help, and mind you it's not that large, possibly 50 yards...but that's huge, because she's been telling them that she's tired of standing, "That's Enough" her words exactly.  I am so thankful that she was even willing, because that will has been a hard thing to understand lately.
Today when we tried to feed her it was a bit, okay a whole lot difficult than it's been in days past.  We're frustrated with her and she's frustrated with us.  She said, "I want to be where Kaziah is" meaning she wanted to be out of the bed, but right now, even though we're telling her she doesn't quite understand what that means. She can tell we're frustrated and we've explained why, she feels bad, but that's pretty much were it stops.  She hates to feel full and because of that it is so ingrained in her that if she's not feeling hungry she doesn't eat.  God bless her, I wish I had that issue, if it was me in the bed I think this email would be completely different.  She still has a feeding tube in her nose, she hasn't tried to pull it out lately, which is great!  This might also be why she is having issues want to eat, because she truly isn't hungry.
Kari also says that it's really hard to want to eat because her throat does hurt.  I know it probably still does, but she is also using all of her powers to stop us from trying to feed her.  Oh how strong she is!  Those arms haven't lost any strength, that's for sure, and she's still tethered down!  She also tried to distract us with, "Hey look over there," and coughing, keeping things in her mouth and trying to sleep. What a mess she is.  I know that it's her condition right now, but "OH MAN!" (This is one of Kari's favorite statements right now. 
Also, just an update on the fever, still fever free!  Thank you Jesus!  They think that the fever was probably caused by the antibiotic that she was on during the times she had a fever.  Just the fact that they thought that it might have been that and that they had the wisdom to change it points only to the "Master Physician!" 
She had had some issues with hiccups, they just wouldn't stop.  They said that the Cerebellum can control that normally, and that's where her AVM was, so that was why she was having hiccups.  The stopped as of yesterday.  She had a mild case of hiccups on this past Tuesday and then they were horrible on Wednesday.  I am so thankful that that hasn't been an issue for her for two days now!
Tonight when we go in at 9 we are going to try to give her ice cream...if she's awake.  We were going to try last night, but she was sleeping so peacefully we didn't want to wake her.  She still a bit restless at night so we just wanted her to have some rest as well as her nurse.  I'll let you guys know how tonight goes with the ice cream.
Thank you for continuing to remember Kari in your thought and prayer.  Thank you for also praying for me and my family.  I can tell that God has given us His grace and wrapped His arms around us during this time.  It's the only way I can explain how we are getting through this time.  We are so hopeful and thankful!
Praise will continually be in our mouths!
Be blessed
Kaziah