Wednesday November 28, 2007

In my wildest dreams I would never have imagined that I would be writing what I will write today. I thought Kelsi would eventually get there. I know Kelsi was blessed to make a complete recovery and much faith and prayer has gone into making this happen, but I keep thinking it's been extremely fast. It can't already be so close to done. Complete healing of the brain is supposed to take much longer. I am not the only one saying this. We just returned from our meeting with Dr. Jensen at the Univerity Hospital Neurology clinic. He reviewed the most recent CAT scans of Kelsi's brain and indicated that it shows no sign of any remaining damange to Kelsi's brain. The way he put it: "Her brain has completely healed". The rate at which Kelsi recovered is a surprise even to the experts. She has been off any medication for 3 weeks. She is cleared to do any normal activities, including drivers education. That one makes me nervous because I have already driven with my first 5 kids while they learned. That is nerve racking under any circumstances.
She still gets tired quicker than she normally did, but even that isn't far from where it was. Her eyes still have some small alignment problems. The doctors will give that more time since it still seems to be improving. The problem with her eyes can be corrected through surgery, but why do that if the problem will completely heal in a matter of months.
Kelsi is attending school part time now and she takes all but one of the remaining classes through home schooling. The school tested her learning level and indicated that she is learning at the 10th grade level - just where she is supposed to be. In January she is expected to return to school full time. She will have some make-up work to do to get full credit for her sophomore year, but that should all be completed before she starts her junior year.
If you met Kelsi today, unless you knew her before, you would find it pretty hard to tell that she suffered a recent brain injury. She is functioning almost at 100%. She even cried with real tears for the first time since the accident. The things that will still continue to improve over the next months are: body coordination, balance, stamina, eye coordination and fatigue.
Our family has witnessed a great miracle. The power of God has been manifested to us through this. So many peoples faith and prayers contributed to this. We thank you all.