Update on Debbie.....December 16, 2012, by Charlie

Friends and family, as we near the end of 2011, I think of how far Debbie has progressed in her recovery journey since this time in 2010. On a day to day comparison I see little change, but when the days are added together her improvement in one year is amazing. She has been home almost a year now with home health care and therapy except for January, when she went to Shepherd Center in Atlanta for three weeks of in-patient rehab and nursing care. Deb has moved from hardly being able to sit up alone to walking with a cane or walker, riding her recumbent bike and using the elliptical. She needs someone by her side while completing these activities due to the right side paralysis but Debbie has great stamina and attitude and she maintains her beautiful smile which is shared with anyone with whom she comes in contact. Memory is still a problem but much better than a year ago. This past month has been good with no setbacks and Deb's visit to the urologist on December 11 went well with no signs of the presence of kidney stones. She continues with speech, physical and occupational therapy at home and her strength is good. All this can only be attributed to your prayers and God's grace and we thank you and praise Him. Debbie and I wish each of you a most wonderful Christmas and happy New Year and pray our Lord Jesus, whose birth we celebrate, blesses you as He has blessed us.