can you believe it's february?

hello all!

as promised, we'll be doing about a post per month from now on. it's hard to believe january has come and gone! overall, i have to say mom and dad are doing pretty well. their teamwork is nothing short of inspirational. mom is still struggling quite a bit with her short term memory, but it is improving slowly. there are many times that she does really well remembering things...where things go, where certain rooms are, etc.

mom is also expressing more and more self-awareness regarding the accident, and also frustration with things being obviously different now. while it's difficult to watch her go through that, we have to be optimistic and supportive. i am always reminidng her how proud we all are of her strength and how much we love her!

mom is also adapting to life with her vision issues (poor sight in her right eye). she's gotten really good at scanning areas, and using her left eye to see things. the right eye vision is spotty at times, though, so who knows whether or not it will improve. as far as anxiety, it has pretty much stabilized. there were some tough times in early december, but some new medications have helped mom tremendously!

as far as the holidays, they were really great! josh and myself, ken, jacque and the girls were all in indiana and had a really fun christmas. the girls were so excited to see grandma k....and she was pretty excited to see them as well :) it was a lot of fun, and we had a relaxing 5 days all together in sweetser. it was definitely a merry christmas!

i think that's pretty much it. we are just so grateful to see continued baby steps of improvement. mom is truly a walking miracle, and while it's tough at time, we have to be so grateful for her progress over the past 11 months. we were fortunate to be able to spend a wonderful christmas holiday together and i look forward to visiting them as soon as i can! thanks much to everyone for your continued thoughts and prayers. it helps more than you know!

much love,
xoxox
stephanie