Together Again!!
Kelli was able to go to a dentist at the attached Swedish Medical Center today to get her teeth x-rayed. She'll need to have more work done, but for now we ordered a "flipper" which is a tooth/retainer type of thing that will snap in and provide a tooth where her's was broken out in the front. This will be temporary while we work on the rest of her dental needs but will fill the gap in her beautiful smile. She also walked more today than other days with minor assistance from her physical therapist and continued to improve on her concentration in speech therapy. I felt over the weekend that Kelli's short-term memory was going to be good enough to be able to share the events of her accident in more detail with her today as well as our loss of Elise. The burden of this task was weighing on me as assessments were done and Dr's decided that she was retaining enough to tell her. I've prayed for so many days that I would have the guidance to let her know in the right way and the right spirit. One month from the date of the accident (today), I was able to tell her of the tragic events that occured on Christmas Eve. It was essential for her to know in order for her to be able to see Milli and Logan (without Elise) and she had been asking about the kids more and more over the weekend. Today was one of the most emotionally taxing days of my life if not the most, but I was able to tell her. I won't go into anymore detail on this except to say that a strong feeling of peace was felt by Kelli and I and that we'll make it through this together. Shortly after our conversation, Oma and my brother Justin brought Milli, Logan, and Justin's daughter Amelia to see her. Kelli will be able to see our kids on a daily basis now which will be huge for her healing. A picture of our family is attached to be posted. Thank you all again for your prayers, positive thoughts, concern, and love for us. I know that through this, our family has been strengthened. We have a long way to go but today was a major milestone on our path. --Chauncy
Kelli was able to go to a dentist at the attached Swedish Medical Center today to get her teeth x-rayed. She'll need to have more work done, but for now we ordered a "flipper" which is a tooth/retainer type of thing that will snap in and provide a tooth where her's was broken out in the front. This will be temporary while we work on the rest of her dental needs but will fill the gap in her beautiful smile. She also walked more today than other days with minor assistance from her physical therapist and continued to improve on her concentration in speech therapy. I felt over the weekend that Kelli's short-term memory was going to be good enough to be able to share the events of her accident in more detail with her today as well as our loss of Elise. The burden of this task was weighing on me as assessments were done and Dr's decided that she was retaining enough to tell her. I've prayed for so many days that I would have the guidance to let her know in the right way and the right spirit. One month from the date of the accident (today), I was able to tell her of the tragic events that occured on Christmas Eve. It was essential for her to know in order for her to be able to see Milli and Logan (without Elise) and she had been asking about the kids more and more over the weekend. Today was one of the most emotionally taxing days of my life if not the most, but I was able to tell her. I won't go into anymore detail on this except to say that a strong feeling of peace was felt by Kelli and I and that we'll make it through this together. Shortly after our conversation, Oma and my brother Justin brought Milli, Logan, and Justin's daughter Amelia to see her. Kelli will be able to see our kids on a daily basis now which will be huge for her healing. A picture of our family is attached to be posted. Thank you all again for your prayers, positive thoughts, concern, and love for us. I know that through this, our family has been strengthened. We have a long way to go but today was a major milestone on our path. --Chauncy 
I am amazed at the progress happening here. I'm glad she's able to see the kids again. It must have been hard to tell her about Elise. You are all doing SO amazing..you'll look back on this and wonder how you did it. We're still praying for you. :)
ReplyDeleteYour journey is teaching me so much, I have been touched beyond words.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that Kelli is able to see the kids again! We have been thinking of you and you are in our prayers.
ReplyDeletethis brings tears to my eyes.. both happy and sad
ReplyDeleteI am inspired by your strength. Thank you for sharing your journey. It has certainly had a huge impact on Jeff and me. We continue to pray for all of you.
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