One month home anniversary!

Today is the best day ever, I've been home for a month! And I've had sleepovers, I went shopping and I finally went to the house I used to live in to go to a welcome back courtney party, the only reason I went there is because my teeth are normal. I went to my friend's houses and had a ton of fun. We toured sargent and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Except that some people were there that are not as advanced as me. Some are in wheelchairs and cannot speak but when I go there I won't be in groups with them because they need to be one-on-one with a therapist. The director of the program saw me when I was asleep in Braintree, and she could not believe how much better I was. And she said if I could survive all of that and get out of Braintree, then I can do the same thing at sargent. I'll pray for those young adults at sargent who need to be as well as they once were. And tomorrow, we're going to the Narragansett fire station and some of the police who came to the scene to bring them cupcakes which I'm baking. And for late lunch we'll go with Trooper Doyle who is back to his job, but at one time he also had a brain injury. Today I went to Elite Physical Therapy, and he told me that whenever I am not there I can go to the gym down here and ride the bike for ten minutes the gyn is in Peace Dale that my mom and I joined. I have been waiting to go to the gym in so long, and finally I can! So I hope that you continue to pray for those young adults at sargent who really need your help. Thank you.

Mom's Update

I'm sorry it's been so long since our last update. It is certainly not because of lack of news to share. Courtney has been busy with school work reviewing multiplication, division, word problems, etc. She's reading articles and completing reading comprehension exercises as well as vocabulary work.
Most impressive is that Courtney pulled out her German and Italian workbooks and flashcards. As she reviewed German Courtney read aloud (in English) a paragraph she had written in German! She translated it right there on the spot!!! It was amazing - she had only taken German this fall for about 10 weeks. Later Courtney reviewed her Italian flash cards and was able to recall dozens of Italian phrases.
Equally exciting was the moment (after the school work was done) when Courtney tried on some of her high heel shoes. She walked gingerly around the house with a big smile on her face. Whenever Courtney gets excited about something her reaction always begins with "oooohhhh!" There was a very big oooohhh as she walked around in lovely black and gold heels.
Thank you to everyone who offered suggestions for getting help in tutoring. We are working through the details to ensure that Courtney has adequate therapy and specialized tutoring until she is in a full time day treatment program.
In the meantime we had a great weekend with lots of visitors and we attended a beautiful concert that Courtney can tell you about when she writes on the blog tomorrow.