How quickly time passes. May, WOW…

A lot of news to share. We have not been able to get anyone to do Physical Therapy or any other kind of therapy for Trina because she cannot obey ANY command. The system feels she is hopeless. However, we met a group of therapists in Chico at an event for brain injury research (by Dr. Kahn) who work out of Oroville Hospital and they WANTED to work with Trina and will take Medi-cal. Of course this is close to a 3 1/2 hour drive each week, but who cares if we have people vested in Trina. We have been to 3 visits to far and though she cannot obey commands, they are working with her posture and gait to help straighten her up so that her knees and hips are not destroyed over time. Time will tell as to what they can do, but it is surely worth it and we pray for more miracles!

Next, we were invited to speak and give our testimony at a local Eating Disorder Clinic with Dalene Forester of Redding. We had approx. 22 people attend – some who struggle with anorexia themselves (her past and present clients came) as well as parents and grandparents of kids struggling with eating disorder. Everyone was blessed: us being able to share in the hope of preventing harm from this disease to others – and most of them said our testimony was an “eye opener.” We plan on working closely with Dalene Forester to meet with more kids at schools, colleges – wherever it leads. Anorexia and bulimia are serious, life-threatening diseases and must be caught early. Anyone wanting to talk with us more about this, please contact us herein and we will share resources with you.

We just bought a special customized swing for Trina. Will arrive soon. It has a harness with shoulder straps, chest straps, a seatbelt and protection for her legs too … and yet it is a regular swing. She loves the outdoors and it is a way to play with her that is outside and fun and safe. We try to think daily of ways to improve her life and ours with special creations 🙂

Thank you for your prayers and visiting this site for updates. Very soon we will be doing some fundraisers and appreciate you thinking about if there is anything you can do. Even if everyone contributes one dollar – it will make a difference 🙂 This is how we are able to create a more quality life. Each item must be customized.

We cannot wait until August when the contractor John Abacherli does the handicapping of our bathroom for Trina as well as a storage area, etc. pro bono for us. He is totally a blessing from God to our family. He is a fencing contractor but also a general contractor in Redding and we pray people will use his services! Someone with that big of a heart deserves to be blessed back 100-fold.

Enjoy the Redding summer 🙂
God Bless,
Love, Trina’s family