Good evening all. Shawna had a beautiful day down at Bay Front Park in Hamilton today. Aside from falling asleep in the beautiful sunlight with a nice cool breeze blowing sofly on her she still did manage to catch the biggest fish.(not a fishermans tale!) It was a small catfish about 9" long. then she caught a small perch about 4" and aside from one small gobie that Brian caught that was the total the group caught. Shawna did enjoy the ride in her new wheelchair van(she was wide awake for that!). When we got back since she had slept most of the afternoon the therapist wanted her to show off for her dad on the new bike they recieved this week. It starts them off with assistance to pedal for 1 min and then they are on their own. It also measures distance pedalled and can adjust gears to make it more strenuous and measures leg strength from left to right as well as amount of tone. Apparently on Monday Shawna was on the bike and they challenged her that she had to better the boy who was also on the bike. They said the girls had never beat the guys. Wrong thing to say to our girl! She beared down with determination expressed by the grimace on her face and pedalled on her own for 9 mins doing 1.14 kms narrowly beating out the competition. Her right leg produced 72% of the power and her left leg amazingly produced 28%. Its beautiful to see her left side developing. Today when she was on the bike she pedalled on her own for 10 mins producing 1.27 kms and using 65 % right leg strength and 35 % left leg strength. That was a remarkable improvement. This time though she was showing off for me. She was exhausted when she was done.
There have been other significant improvements. Her comprehension in group therapy is very good and she has been getting more consistent with her ways of answering. The lady sitting with her daughter across from Shawna today told me that Shawna was saying " no, no, no" in her bed this morning. I asked her if she really did want to go fishing. She blinked once so I was good to go on the fishing trip today(lucky me). Yesterday they also had her standing unassisted for 25 mins. She is slowly getting stronger and able to be up for longer periods of time. This is helping her blood circulation.
We remain thankfull for the outpouring of God's Holy Spirit through the communion of saints as you support us in this time of need. Thankyou for your prayers and support. Al and Deb.
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6 comments:
Wow! It is all so very exciting! We continue to wish you the Lord's strength and patience.
Chris and Joanna de Boer and Peter
Amazing good news! Thanks for sharing. Shawna is such a fighter and on the road to recovery.
God bless you and your family.
Stay strong. Love, your cousin Ann.
Wow, this is amazing. Shawna is improving more and more and that is such a huge blessing from the Lord. I am still praying for you and your family.
Hope to see you soon,
Kristen Buist
Cogratulations Shawna ! So glad to see her willing to put forth such huge efforts! What an amazing gift from the Lord. We continue to pray for you all daily
love marlene and the gang
While I'm reading the latest bloc, I am reminded how Shawna has always been such a competitor in everything she did. This wonderful part of her personality is really coming through now, when she needs it the most. How wonderful our God has created us, giving each one of us what we will need in our lives. But the greatest gift is, that He is there beside us, and gves us our daily needs at all times. It was great to read what a wonderful time you had with Shawna on your first big outing with your new van.
We continue to keep you in our daily prayers. love, the van ykens
We are so glad to hear about Shawna's ongoing recovery. It has been an amazing story so far! Every blog entry seems to give another encouraging development, thanks to the Lord's healing power.
Bob and Freda Jagt
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