Long overdue blog

Obviously the past 4 days have been very hectic. Sunday morning we woke up early enough to eat breakfast and go to church in Cranston at Immaculate Conception (our old parish). Courtney insisted that we go to church there so that she could thank Fr. Ron and/or Fr. Kenney for praying for her. The parish community has been very supportive of Courtney and our family. We are so indebted to them and so many others for their prayers.

Courtney sang for the first time during mass and remembered most of the prayers proving once again that her memory is working well! She was pleased to thank so many people for their prayers and also let Fr. Kenney know that there are new patients at Braintree that need prayers.

Monday was busy with trying to begin working through 3 months of living out of hospitals, trunks and Uncle Kevin's. There was SO SO SO much to sift through! The work continued throughout the day but Courtney did not miss out on therapy. Each day Courtney walks, works with play dough for her left hand, reads out loud for speech and generally pushes herself a little bit further each day. Today Courtney made rice krispee treats mixing and reaching with her left hand. We play with the WII balance but it is taking some getting used to and Mom is NOT coordinated enough to be a good example!

Courtney has been touched by the gifts and cards that have come to welcome her home. Most important of all is the fact that Katy and Claudia found Courtney's cell phone! Glory Alleluia! Courtney immediately started texting and calling friends and so the cell phone has been buzzing ever since!!!!

In the days ahead Courtney will have in home therapy through Care New England VNA. She will visit Sargent to check it out next week. We will have Courtney's violin tuned so that she can play it (also good therapy in many ways)!

We will be having many celebrations in the weeks and months ahead including a Mass of Thanksgiving for Courtney's healing. Information will be posted and we know that many will come to join us in thanking God for this miracle.

Courtney will post tomorrow morning with more info on her days at home so far and the days ahead.