Kari Update

Thanks so much for this update.  I was wondering last week and I am so happy that you have sent this note.  Please know that Kari, as well as your entire family, remain in my prayers and thoughts.  Take care of all of you.  God truly is wonderful.

Yvonne

 

From: Kaziah Williams [mailto:kaziah.williams@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 5:43 PM
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Good evening!
     Hope you're all doing well.  During VBS at church the first day's theme was "Superstar," the verse that went along with the them was.
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." ~Psalm 139:14  God created us all to be superstars, whether we realize it or not.  We are all so complex, and the organ that seems the most complex...at least to me at this time is the brain.  
     Kari was very much her old self during the visit from the team from Delaware.  She was silly, cracking jokes and making them laugh.  Many of them mentioned that they didn't know what to expect, as far as Kari and what she would be like, but in the end they said they aren't sure if they would have know that anything was wrong if she didn't have the crutches, her hair being shorter, and the patch.  I say Praise God for that, because she has come a looooooonnnnnngggggg way!
     This morning Kari had a CT-scan and then another follow up with the surgeon that did her surgeries.  While we waited for him to come in we talked about the evaluation that she had at SAGE on Thursday.  I asked how it went and she said good, and even smiled.  I asked what happened, what she had to do and she said she had to answer some questions, at the end she had to walk with her forearm crutches and then without them with some assistance.  I asked if that was all, and then she said they also tested her strength and then said, "then they said the normal things like, your so amazing...awesome...stuff like that."  We both laughed, but I thought that that is so true!  She's been fearfully and wonderfully made, and we just get the opportunity to see her become the superstar she's always been.
     The doctor came in and made a remark about her walking in rather than being in the wheelchair.  He also reminded her how "lucky" she was, but we know that that is not luck, but God's grace and mercy.  He also said that her head is healing up nicely, and the only concerns that he had last time have been cleared up courtesy of the CT-scan, and she'll not have to have anymore surgeries as far as he is concerned.  He told her to continue to work hard in therapy so when she comes in 6months from now she'll be walking on her own.  
   Kari's eye doctor has been pushed back a couple times, but it is now tomorrow.  Her eyes do look better, but she still says that she can't tell the difference.  Dr. Soleau said that the part of the brain that she had the bleed in controls her eye movement, and we've learned over the last months that it also controls her balance as well, so that is why she has having some difficulty in those areas.  It can be a little frustrating to her and to us, because that part of the brain kinda controls everything, but this is also what makes me pause and stand in awe of the Master Creator!  
   I pray that just like Kari, you'll remember how much of a superstar you are because you are fearfully and wonderfully made.  I praise God for you all and I appreciate you continuing to keep Kari in your prayer!  
Be blessed
Kaziah