Sunday (day 265)

Good day all. We hope you all are enjoying this beautiful Thanksgiving weekend. We certainly are and we are thankful to our heavenly Father for allowing us to bring Shawna home again after a brief hospital stay. Last thursday Shawna was supposed to have tendon release surgery on her achillies, and be released that evening. We we're highly doubtfull that she would be coming home that night from previous operation experiences. The surgery was successful and her feet were casted to maintain the new positioning. As we predicted though once Shawna was put under using a general anesthetic, it took her 24 hrs to have full body functions again. We were a little disappointed at not taking her home again but we were prepared for it. On friday morning we returned to pick her up but she still wasn't in good enough condition to come home. She had a couple of light siezures in the morning which the doctors felt were brought on by stress and pain. Since then her meds have been adjusted to compensate for that. She was almost ready to go home late Friday but we erred on the side of caution due to the long bumpy ride home and picked her up on Saturday morning instead. Slowly she has been recieving less pain medication and getting a lot of sleep. She slept throuh the whole night with only one dose for pain. When she awoke this morning she smiled her huge loving smile which let us know she was back to her usual self. Tuesday she will receive her fiberglass casts after they mould her new splint casts. Vocalization continues to improve. Were not quite to the point where she can do it on command but we know the triggers to get her to make sounds. Even at Henderson we met people who have heard of Shawna's road and give us their prayers and well wishes. We can only stand back and marvel at God's care and providence. We thank Him and you all for what we have received. Wishing you all a blessed thanksgiving enjoying time spent with your loved ones. Al, Deb, Shawna and Family