Mom's Update

The baclofin test went very well today and although Courtney was already showing improvement with spasticity the decision was made to go ahead with the surgery since it would most likely provide benefit to Courtney.

It was a very stressful day for Courtney but as with everything else she fought through it like a champion. She is moving around quite a bit and learning more and more to communicate.

Courtney started mouthing words today - she mouthed 'yes' several times. The highlight of the day was definitely the fruit cup. Tomorrow Courtney will have even more real food to eat.

Once the surgery is behind her Courtney can resume her progress including having the trachea removed and once she's eating normal food multiple times a day she can have the feeding tube removed. Hopefully those things will occur early in the 2nd week of January depending on how well she bounces back from surgery. The doctors told us that the surgery may set her back a week. We are are optimistic that she will demonstrate her determination to overcome adversity.

We are so, so thankful for all of the prayers and support that our family has recieved for the last 7 weeks. Words are inadequate to describe the heartfelt thanks that we want to express to everyone.

It seems to our family that having placed our faith in God her recovery been remarkable. When we describe remarkable we use the basis of what we were told to expect with the severity of her brain injury. We believe this is the power of all our collective prayers. Thank you again!