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Hey Everyone,

Sorry it’s taken us a while to get an update posted.  Life outside of the hospital has been a bit busy, even though many days go by without us feeling like we have accomplished much. Everything takes a much longer time now – just getting ready in the morning & going to a 2 hour therapy session takes up the majority of the day. All of the “normal” daily tasks that you usually wouldn’t think twice about, now takes a planning and strategy session just to figure out how to complete the necessary tasks without one or both of us getting hurt.

Emotionally things are a lot harder too as usual interactions are different. While we realize that people likely mean well, the constant, “can I help you?”, “are you feeling better?”, and “how are you?” questions can be a bit discouraging and exhausting as the answers rarely change.

So far things are going ok, but everyday is definitely an adjustment and learning process.

Kev is currently going to outpatient therapy once a week however the therapists would like to see him at least twice a week for 3-4 months. We are working with our insurance company to try to get it approved as the initial referral was only for 6 sessions. The rest of our time includes various follow up Dr. visits, sorting through the endless bills and paperwork, and going to the gym to try to supplement his therapy (and to make sure we both are building our upper body strength for all of the lifting and maneuvering we need to do).

Our current prayer requests are:

 - that additional therapy sessions would be approved quickly (with spinal cord injuries it is crucial that therapy is very intensive soon after the injury for the best results)

 - that God would bring encouragement and strength to make it through each day

 - that Kev’s spine would fuse quickly so his brace can come off (we have a follow up appointment this Thursday the 15th)

 - that we would be able to figure out what type of car would be best for Kev and that we would be able to afford it so Kev can take his hand control test at DMV and be able to drive

Thanks again for the continued prayer and support!  It truly means a ton to us both!