Saturday, Dec 20, 2014

Saturday - 12/20/2014

Posted Dec 20, 2014 12:35pm

Good morning. It's 10:30 a.m. and I haven't seen a child yet. I'm beginning to hear rumblings - but finally Ben is on break too. Enjoy your break - Jess, Joe and Ben. Joe continues to make strides every day. The pain has lessened. The scar is healing. He gains a little more mobility each day. Boredom is tough right now though. One can only sit in a recliner for so long. He does go for walks regularly, but he is still building up his stamina.

I know if someone would have told me all that he would be doing 10 days out from surgery, I don't know if I would have believed it. Now that being said, they did say some children are up and doing things much sooner than others. I knew he had the resolve to get up and get going. So I believed he'd be on the "sooner" end, but my goodness do you know what they did to him in surgery???!!!??? And look at him now - unbelievable. Thank God that God designed the body to heal itself.

We will see if he feels well enough today to get a side by side picture with his sister Jessica. If and when he does, I'll post the photo. Thanks for your continued prayers. Our follow up visit is scheduled for the first day back to school - Tuesday, January 6. We figured it would be easier to miss the first day of the semester than 1 or 2 weeks in. Also since Monday there is no school, we have the leeway of using that day for travel if needed.