Update on Jodie

Thanks for your prayers for Jodie.  She is doing well.  She is better from her pneumonia and is still painting.  Please continue to pray for her and her recovery - it means so much.  We believe prayer works!!!

In His Name,

Jennifer

Prayers for Jodie

Please pray for Jodie - she had a mild seizure on Friday coming home from therapy, as the result of a spiked fever.  She went to the ER and they found early pneumonia.  We were thankful that it was caught early and she was given antibiotics in the ER.  She went home late that afternoon and has been resting at home all weekend.  She has not had much of an appetite and has been sick a couple of times today, throwing up.  Mama is going to check in with the doctor tomorrow (Monday).  We pray that she will feel better soon and that her pneumonia will be healed quickly.  We don't want any more setbacks for her.  

Other than this illness, she has been doing good lately with the current medications.  She has been more alert and is vocalizing more and her pincher grasp ability has gotten better.  As mama mentioned in the last post, she has been painting again and I think she really enjoys it - it's another therapy, I believe.  

Speaking of therapy, a couple weeks ago Jodie went to see a new therapist in Jackson - an occupational therapist who specializes in vision rehab. Mama recently read about the vision therapy and talked to them to see if Jodie was a candidate for this type of rehab. Jodie has been seeing an eye doctor for the past 6 months or so that has been working on helping with her double vision.    She is still wearing her (stylish) eye glasses and they seem to be helping.  The vision therapy is interesting - there's a lot of different techniques and activities that the therapist works with Jodie on.  Also, she (Ashley) is originally from Greenwood, so it's nice to have that "home" connection.  Jodie will go back again this week on the same day as her next appointment with Dr. Katz.   We are hoping that she will be able to receive the vision therapy on a monthly basis and maybe even twice a month.  We think it will be really beneficial to her continued progress.  

As alway, thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers for Jodie.  We are continually humbled and amazed by all of your support - there's not a day that goes by that someone doesn't ask me "how are Jodie and your mama?".  It just means so much to know that you all still care and pray and that you are in this journey with us.  It makes the load much more bearable to have so many wonderful prayer warriors on Jodie's team.  Jodie continues to fight every day and you can see the determination in her spirit to keep on believing and getting better.  She is such an inspiration to me and I am so blessed to have her as my sister and hero.  

In His Love,

Jennifer