Turning over a new leaf?

Yesterday, Annie had her best day ever since her brain injury. And I'm not exaggerating. Nurse Moira said she toddled up and down the hallways at school in her Kidwalk, yelled when she didn't get to play with another kid's toy--it was like someone put a different kid in Annie's body. Even Olivia commented while she played with her in the afternoon: "She's so alert!"

I attribute this improvement to increasing the VNS last Wednesday, and God answering our prayers. The VNS had been programmed to go off every 3 minutes, but the neuro nurse-practitioner adjusted it to go off every 2 minutes. That one increase has brought about a huge change in this little girl. Huge.

Now, lest I take a breath and celebrate, this morning Annie was a bit under the weather--not sure why...maybe the beginnings of a cold. But I will choose to ignore that--after I give her more hydrocortisone--and be thankful that the VNS is helping obliterate those awful seizures.

Jean

This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:21-23