It's crazy to think Abree has been gone a month and this Wednesday will be 4 complete weeks at the clinic! Zac has been out with her these last few weeks. Here is the update I've had:
She is loving having one on one time with dad! They have gone to baseball games, gymnastics meets, singing pitch perfect, and finding the best homes around Fayetteville to go look at.
Abree can now officially wear socks with no pain! Seems silly but for someone with CRPS this is a huge accomplishment. She can also wear shoes for small amounts of time before the pain starts again. She has officially accomplished 4 of her goals she set for her self for 4 weeks at the clinic.
Wednesday, March 15th was a hard day for Abree. Zac flew back home to help me with a meet I was hosting this past weekend and my dad went out to stay with Abree. We aren't sure if her flare up happened from some of the therapy or the stress of Zac and I both being gone. But her pain shot up to over a 6 and she was pretty discouraged. I haven't seen her that discouraged since we found about about the clinic and started looking into it. Luckily she had a lot of tender mercies and was able to get her pain back down the next day at therapy.
Today I got a video of her trying a little ninja warrior course and smiling during it! Makes my heart so happy to see her active and smiling when she is active. We are excited and hopeful to see how the rest of the weeks go. Hoping for continued highs but we also understand that there is good things that come from a little roller coster.
She's also been spending a lot of time drawing and working on her art. Super proud of her and what she is accomplishing. Here are a few of her drawings:
Here at home we have been pushed a little to our limits. I got home March 5th and ended up with Hunter in the hospital on Thursday March 9 - Saturday March 11th with a deep neck abscess infection. Honestly I couldn't believe what was happening. I went into a little bit of a shock state and turned into my robot mom in order to accomplish everything that had to happen. I climbed into the car late on the day Hunter was admitted and just cried my heart out to God. Everything had fallen out of my hands. I have a child and husband in Arkansas, a child now in the hospital and 3 little girls at home scared and needing their mom. I was exhausted physically and mentally and didn't know how I would survive the rest of the weekend. But as I poured my heart out and told God it's all in His hands and I trust that He knows me and my family, I felt immense amount of peace. I knew everything would be okay and that I could do what was being asked of me.
Through everything crazy going on at home, we had beautiful tender mercies everyday. I had people showing up, texting, giving hugs and just praying for us.
I think one of the biggest things I'm learning through all of this is that God really is in charge. He knows me and my family. He allows us to pass through challenges, but he supports us throughout those challenges. When I'm willing to turn everything over to Him and be submit to Him and His will, things seem to work out and work out for the best! He won't take away the "Hard" because we need it! We need the challenge in order to better connect with Him and grow. My heart is so grateful for God and his plan for my life and my children's life!
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