Tuesday October 23, 2007

It has been some time since any entries have been made. When Kelsi first started to come out of her coma, huge changes happened every day. Now the changes are occurring much more slowly. In the last posting, 6 areas of incomplete recovery were listed. All of those areas have improved measurably:
1) The double vision is pretty much entirely healed. When Kelsi is very tired she still has some difficultly with vision, but she no longer calls it double vision. It is more of a blurred or tired vision that we all experience when very tired.
2) Small motor skills. Writing and walking are still the best measures of the small motor skills. When the last update was made, Kelsi was barely able to write anything that could be read. When she did write, it was limited to a few words. After that she was too tired to go on. Kelsi's father had an interesting answer to prayer a few weeks ago. He asked if he could be allowed to know how completely her handwriting would be healed over time. Seconds before waking he had a dream in which he saw Kelsi writing as he watched from behind. Her writing speed appeared to be as fast as anything she had ever done before. He was also able to see the quality of the writing where he noted that it was very good. He looked at samples of her handwriting from her journal and found that the quality and style of the writing in the dream was comparable to the journal entries written prior to the fall. That dream was several weeks ago. Since that time her writing has improved to nearly match her writing before the fall and the style matches her old handwriting. The quality is not quite as good. The small motor skills still need some more development, but they are getting close to where they used to be.
3) Muscles: Compared to the amount of exercise she gets, Kelsi's strength is progressing at the rate one would expect for the amount of degradation that occurred. Her physical recovery doesn't seem to be directly limited by brain control. Her exercise is limited more by fatigue. See the next item.
4) Tired: Kelsi seems to feel tired all day every day. She is awake nearly as many hours as she was before the fall, but she tires quickly whenever she tries to do physical or mental exercises. She is constantly improving, but this seems to be the area of slowest recovery and affects everything else she does.
5) Missing data: Still no notable loss of memory for things she knew before the fall. This is not likely to be a problem.
6) School: Kelsi is attending seminary at school and at home. Difficulties with scheduling have not allowed her to be able to do much home schooling through the high school. The teacher who is supposed to do the home schooling has had difficulties with her mother recovering from a heart attack. So far there has been only one visit and it was too late at night for Kelsi to do much.
Last fast Sunday Kelsi surprised us all as she stood and bore her testimony. She thanked everyone who has fasted and prayed for her and she bore her testimony of the healing she has experienced and of other gospel principles. It was a very emotional time for those who were in attendance.
Please feel free to comment on these postings if they are of value to you. As always, we thank you for your faith and prayers for Kelsi and other in need.