Kari Update

Good Evening and for others Good Day,
      I over heard my mom speaking to Pastor Dylan tonight, after service, about something she had recently realized about Kari.  She said that Kari, on the Glasgow Coma Scale, I know how ironic that the name of the scale is the same as the high school Kari and I both attended, had been given a 3 rating which means deep coma or death.  Only one percent of the people who experience what Kari has experienced live.  Whoa!  If that  doesn't make you want to make up a song and pretend like your on Glee or any musical of your choice I'm not sure what does.  I love that God every day gives me something to make a little ditty to.  That's just what He says He likes to do in His word as well, "Sing to God a brand-new song. He's made a world of wonders! He rolled up his sleeves, He set things right." ~Psalm 98:1 By setting things right He creates within us a desire to sing to Him and others about the wonders He performs.  Awesome!
    Kari is still doing well with her therapies and is tolerating the e-stem therapy better.  I think that she knows that she is improving, but I think she is longing for the old Kari even more that I am.  Today when the doctor was on call was doing her rounds I asked Kari after she left if that was her normal doctor and if she has seen her before and she said that the first time she has seen her was yesterday.   I told her that was great and pointed out that she is remembering things and she said, "yeah, but it's just not the same as before."  I told her not to worry about it and that she would get back to that place.  I also told her to only focus on what she can do.  Oh how I was preaching to myself, just typing it make me realize how much I tend to focus on what I can't do or on things for the past that I can't change.  
   Yesterday Kari had a fall.  She didn't hurt herself, but I feel so bad, I feel like it was my fault.  I had a hair appointment and my parents where stuck in traffic.  They suggested that I take Kari to the bathroom before I left, but I thought she would be fine since I had already taken her 3 times that morning.  As I left I told the tech that was bringing her lunch in that I had to leave and that my parents should be here shortly.  There was no one at the nurses' station, which is not normal, and I didn't try to find anyone.  When my parents got to Kari's room, maybe 5-10 minutes after I left, she was on the floor just kinda laying flat on her back.  I guess she got over the rail and walked a bit, maybe tried to grab onto something and just slid down.  My mom said all she said when they got there was, "It's not Kaziah fault!"  Praise God she didn't injure herself, but I feel horrible, my hair looks great, but I still feel bad, but things happen.  We keep telling Kari if we aren't in the room she's got to call the nurse's station.  So, last night when I told her to the bathroom before bed she was telling me that she couldn't go because she had to call for someone to help her, someone else, not me.  She was a bit mixed up, but she's got it all straight, at least I think now.  I don't think that we will let her out of or sight for a bit now.  
     After church today I went home and brought the dog so they could see each other, since its been quite awhile.  They were both excited to see each other, but after a bit Kari said, "Ming's gotta get down," because we had her on the bench with us and Ming was all over the place.  My mom asked Kari is Ming was being annoying and she said yes.  So the visit was pretty short, but it was the longest that Kari has stayed outside since the trip to the hospital.
     Thank you for continuing to pray.  Please pray for these specific things Kari's vision, feelings of dizziness, appetite and thirst, continued decrease of impulsiveness, better balance and mobility, continued increase in awareness, continued improvement in short term memory and increased endurance.  Thank you again.  Have a wonderful rest of your day!

Be blessed
Kaziah