From: Dad
Date: November 2, 2000
I arrived at the San Antonio airport Saturday evening October 14th at 8:15 P.M. I was pleasantly surprised when the whole family was there to greet me. All the hugs were good, but Lynne just walked to me and gave a great one. That was to set the mood for the reminder of the visit.
Others had reported how well she could walk and I have been believing for a miracle, that she could walk again without any aid. However, I was still skeptical. She was using her "mobilizer" and I followed behind her and was walking a brisk pace to keep up with her, even on a rather steep ramp. Her gait was smooth and normal for walking. Praise God!
I sat beside Lynne on that Sunday night (on the first row where the rest of the praise team were sitting), and watched as she got up and held her microphone as they led the congregation.
I went with her to PT & OT twice and she continued to amaze me with all she could do.
One night Lynne decided to fix supper. So, she got up from the couch and walked to the kitchen, and proceeded do so. She had me remove the hamburger from the cast iron skillet, but mostly did everything else herself, with no assistance from her cane or mobilizer.
We all went to the Olive Garden on Lynne's birthday (17 October), my favorite place to eat out. She had made Russell promise that he would not tell the staff that it was her birthday.
I was trained as a radio/TV repairman, and I am doer, so while I was there I fixed an old tube radio that had belonged to Russell's grandmother -- without the benefit of a schematic.
On Thursday, Eric gouged a piece of flesh the size of my thumb on his leg. We all ended up at the hospital emergency room and spent most of the afternoon there, after having spent the morning with Lynne at her PT. We had just got home and had grabbed a bite to eat, when the school called and told Russell that Eric had an accident, so Russell headed for the school. Lynne got on the phone to Eric's doctor, then co-coordinated on her cell phone to Russell's cell phone as to which hospital to take Eric. Eric's accident was the first time since her injury where she was in the caregiver role.
The second Sunday I was there, I drove Aaron and Lynne to church while Russell took Eric to the doctor's office for a check on his leg. When we arrived, Lynne remarked as she got out of the car, that "if she walked only with her cane, it would be the first time to walk in without holding on Russell. So, she did!! Lynne and I walked into her Sunday School class with her using only a cane, and not holding on to Russell's arm, and the class responded that "she was showing off for her daddy".
Lynne and Russell took me to the airport Monday the 23rd of October.
I would like to regress here. Lynne remarked to me (usually she was just cheering everyone up) that this was one more handicap she was given to deal with. The first handicap was being born "blind", the accident being her second one. You must realize that in both situations, there was absolutely nothing she could have done to prevent them. So, while I was there the whole month of January I read many pages about spinal cord injuries to her and the outcome did not look good from man's standpoint. I then said to her, that God hadn't been factored in and that I would be believing for another miracle (i.e. for to walk again and lead a normal life). Her faith is strong. I'm sure I would not have handled the accident nearly as well as she has.
When Lynne was very young, the doctors told her mother and me that we needed to find a school for the blind to send her. I told doctors then that I appreciated their professional opinion, but that I was trusting in God for the final Opinion. She has spent untold time with eye doctors and is seeing better now than at anytime in her life.
Lynne has not reached a plateau at physical therapy so, she continues to make progress, and wants to continue therapy for as long as she continues to progress. The continued insurance coverage is a large factor, and has been a source of frustration as she and Russell have had to deal with clearing up situation after situation.
Lynne continues to tell people to not quit praying for her continued progress and for her family. Russell just turned forty and the twins are now teenagers... more adjustments in her life.
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Date: November 2, 2000
I arrived at the San Antonio airport Saturday evening October 14th at 8:15 P.M. I was pleasantly surprised when the whole family was there to greet me. All the hugs were good, but Lynne just walked to me and gave a great one. That was to set the mood for the reminder of the visit.
Others had reported how well she could walk and I have been believing for a miracle, that she could walk again without any aid. However, I was still skeptical. She was using her "mobilizer" and I followed behind her and was walking a brisk pace to keep up with her, even on a rather steep ramp. Her gait was smooth and normal for walking. Praise God!
I sat beside Lynne on that Sunday night (on the first row where the rest of the praise team were sitting), and watched as she got up and held her microphone as they led the congregation.
I went with her to PT & OT twice and she continued to amaze me with all she could do.
One night Lynne decided to fix supper. So, she got up from the couch and walked to the kitchen, and proceeded do so. She had me remove the hamburger from the cast iron skillet, but mostly did everything else herself, with no assistance from her cane or mobilizer.
We all went to the Olive Garden on Lynne's birthday (17 October), my favorite place to eat out. She had made Russell promise that he would not tell the staff that it was her birthday.
I was trained as a radio/TV repairman, and I am doer, so while I was there I fixed an old tube radio that had belonged to Russell's grandmother -- without the benefit of a schematic.
On Thursday, Eric gouged a piece of flesh the size of my thumb on his leg. We all ended up at the hospital emergency room and spent most of the afternoon there, after having spent the morning with Lynne at her PT. We had just got home and had grabbed a bite to eat, when the school called and told Russell that Eric had an accident, so Russell headed for the school. Lynne got on the phone to Eric's doctor, then co-coordinated on her cell phone to Russell's cell phone as to which hospital to take Eric. Eric's accident was the first time since her injury where she was in the caregiver role.
The second Sunday I was there, I drove Aaron and Lynne to church while Russell took Eric to the doctor's office for a check on his leg. When we arrived, Lynne remarked as she got out of the car, that "if she walked only with her cane, it would be the first time to walk in without holding on Russell. So, she did!! Lynne and I walked into her Sunday School class with her using only a cane, and not holding on to Russell's arm, and the class responded that "she was showing off for her daddy".
Lynne and Russell took me to the airport Monday the 23rd of October.
I would like to regress here. Lynne remarked to me (usually she was just cheering everyone up) that this was one more handicap she was given to deal with. The first handicap was being born "blind", the accident being her second one. You must realize that in both situations, there was absolutely nothing she could have done to prevent them. So, while I was there the whole month of January I read many pages about spinal cord injuries to her and the outcome did not look good from man's standpoint. I then said to her, that God hadn't been factored in and that I would be believing for another miracle (i.e. for to walk again and lead a normal life). Her faith is strong. I'm sure I would not have handled the accident nearly as well as she has.
When Lynne was very young, the doctors told her mother and me that we needed to find a school for the blind to send her. I told doctors then that I appreciated their professional opinion, but that I was trusting in God for the final Opinion. She has spent untold time with eye doctors and is seeing better now than at anytime in her life.
Lynne has not reached a plateau at physical therapy so, she continues to make progress, and wants to continue therapy for as long as she continues to progress. The continued insurance coverage is a large factor, and has been a source of frustration as she and Russell have had to deal with clearing up situation after situation.
Lynne continues to tell people to not quit praying for her continued progress and for her family. Russell just turned forty and the twins are now teenagers... more adjustments in her life.
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