Before I launch into how Annie is doing today, I want to stop and thank you all again for praying for us. I know many of you live near us, and many far away, but I hear over and over that you are praying. Praying is such a gift! I know God hears your prayers, and He answers them, and we are so grateful to you for asking God to help us, and to HEAL Annie!

So, this past week Annie has not been nauseated at all that I can tell, and certainly not throwing up. What a relief that is. But, as usual, when we put a finger in one leak, another springs open. The challenge now is lethargy and weakness--she has taken a real dive in her physical abilities. She can't hold herself up for much longer than a minute and then falls forward or sideways. We need to ramp up her therapy, and all the professionals involved with her care agree that she needs more intense therapy than she can get on an outpatient basis--not that I haven't invited all of them to move in with us! We are just in a difficult spot right now, and need all the pieces to come together to help her regain what she's lost, and then to keep moving forward--asap!

The last thing I want to mention is another thank you for the many people who have reached out to us again after this last hospitalization. Meals, cleaning, sitting with Annie, driving my kids around--Christmas has come early to the Sullivan house as far as I'm concerned. We are so grateful for your support--it makes the load bearable.


Jean


Strengthen the weak hands,
And make firm the feeble knees.
Say to those who are fearful-hearted,
“ Be strong, do not fear!
Behold, your God will come with vengeance,
With the recompense of God;
He will come and save you.”
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Then the lame shall leap like a deer,
And the tongue of the dumb sing. Isaiah 35:3-6

Isaiah's foretelling of the coming Christ, 700 years before the first Christmas