We have had an awesome week here! We started on Tuesday with a new occupational therapist. She has more experience with brachial plexus injuries and we thought that while our last therapist was good that Angie would end up being a better fit for Addie. On Tuesday also we were able to schedule Addie's follow up appointment for her arm. She will have an EMG and meet with the doctor on October 7th if surgery is necessary they scheduled it for October 9th. But on Wednesday Addie started lifting up her left arm!!! She has had good elbow movement but not much on her shoulder. Now she is able to bring it all the way up to the top of her head! It really was a miracle. She has been doing it continually ever since! Now that she is able to move it on her own we see that the nerves are working and she may just need to continue therapy instead of surgery!! The week continued on a positive note after meeting with her feeding therapist, Megan, the first time on Thursday. Megan thought we were right on track with Addie and is hopefully that as she continues to eat more solid foods her jaw will stretch and open more on her own. Then, today we finished the week with an appointment with Dr. Akeson, her orthopedic doctor here. It went even better than I could have imagined. He was pleased with her feet and we are just continuing to wear her braces at nap and bed time. I also was needing to talk to him about treating her hip in St. Louis instead of with him. He was very encouraging about the doctor there and agreed that would be the best place to have her treated. He also said he was more than willing to work with the doctor there and do some of the follow-up or casting after her hip surgery here if St. Louis is okay with the idea. It could not have gone any better! We have been blessed by wonderful doctors here who are willing to say that others can handle some of her issues better than them and then working with them to get Addie the best treatment! It has been such an exciting week. It is always so encouraging to my faith to see my prayers answered. We have had Addie anointed multiple times for complete healing and then specifically for her arm before our last appointment and we had not seen big improvements and then the day after we schedule her follow up appointment and potential surgery she begins to move it! God is giving her an awesome testimony of His healing power and His faithfulness. Even though things may not happen on our timeline He hears and He answers in a way that brings about His glory and His good! So we praise through it all!
Psalms 100
1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
2 Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
We will be telling her story for years to come sharing with others because we are His and He has been faithful to us!
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