5-19-23 (Day 7 Rehab/day 51) Val’s schedule for therapy was changed to later in the day since she is not a morning person, to try and help her be more alert when she’s doing therapy. Thankful they’re finally, best they can, working with her internal clock. She was tired today but did participate but was glad to rest. 🙏🏻 Pray for continued strength and bringing to life her right side, for circulation from the brain to the extremities. Then the thought process to line up and not be confused and to have the brain and tongue align. (Val’s still babbling but clarity is beginning to come – little by little.) 🙏🏻 AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS! 🙏🏼

5-24-23 (Day 12 Rehab /Day 56) Val had very busy day today. OT, PT, ST and a Dr appt. Kerston and Susan came to visit today and the smiles and squills were fantastic and contagious. 😄 All the therapy, Dr and activities were so rewarding at the end of the day. Val rested in-between and had a great appetite today. 🙏🏻 Prayers for continued improvement and more circulation on the right side. Still much work to be done but Val is on the right track. 💯🎉🙌🏻🎉📣

5-30-23 (Day 18 Rehab /Day 62) Val had a busy day with therapy today. She had guests today and enjoyed them all. WTRC gave her a new brace and seemed like she didn’t like the newness of a new thing, which kinda upset her afternoon a bit. Radiology did the chest x-ray this evening so we’ll see what that reads as they want to rule out pneumonia. June 1st at noon will be the release date from Encompass Rehabilitation. She’s come so far since she’s been here. Val and the medical and therapy teams have done a great job in a short time since she’s been here.🙏🏻 Continued prayers for the next days and the new adventure with her daughter and her family. Please pray for Christy and her family as they take on the task of caregivers. 🙏🏻 There will be no more rehab until her Medicare takes effect, but that’s going to take a few months yet. Pray that Christy can continue with what she has watched the rehab team here doing for her Mom. She has been a very observant student and has learned to transfer and many other things that her Mom needed her to do. The medical and therapy teams have taught her and allowed her to do for her Mom just as she would be doing at home but under their supervision🙏🏻

6-1-23 (Day 19 Rehab /Day 63) Been a busy day for Val. Therapy wasn’t satisfied with the way Val was doing her transfers into the simulated car for going home practice. So the more they look at the chest X-ray by the pros, and what was going on with that, the more they have decided that it’s not pneumonia and the antibiotics she’s on should have control of the infection by now. She is having some breathing issues though, which could be tied into the COPD. Right leg is getting stiff since they began working more with it. Please pray for all these issues and wisdom for the medical & therapy teams.🙏🏻🙏🏻

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 I DON’T THINK THERE’S ENOUGH WORDS OF APPRECIATION TO EXPRESS HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS JOURNEY WITH US!! TODAY, TUESDAY 6/6/23, IS VAL’S LAST DAY AT THE REHAB. SHE NOW GOES HOME WITH HER DAUGHTER CHRISTY AND HUSBAND FORREST AS THEY BECOME THE CAREGIVERS. YOUR PRAYERS FOR THEM I APPRECIATE IT NOW. 🙌🏻💖🤗🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 6-5-23 Monday (Day 24 Rehab /Day 68) Val had a good day with all her therapy & everyone telling her “I’m going to miss you when you’re gone” as they realized it was her last full day. Val did have a breakdown moment when she realized she wasn’t physically able to go back to her home yet. After some explaining that we’d been telling her this the whole time and consoling, Val was able to accept it and enjoyed the rest of the day. Visitor’s today were Debbie, David, Uncle Bobby and Wanda. Val enjoyed each one. Special thanks to all the staff of the Encompass Rehabilitation Hospital of San Angelo, Texas for their care, patience, concern and training of Val to relearn basic wallking and care skills as well as for Christy as they taught her the care skills so she’d know how to take care of her Mom when she gets Val at her home and can teach her family these skills. Tuesday (6-6-23 Day 25 / Day 69) is the last day and a new chapter of Val’s journey to recovery. Praying for a smooth transition. 🙏🏻 Praying for God’s protection for each one as Val’s journey continues. 🙏🏻

We just got to Val’s daughters house. It was a very good trip even with needing to stop a few times. 🙌🏻🙌🏻 God is faithful.