February 24, 2011 - Positive Updates . . .

Hello. We have some exciting news to share. After several years of praying for thorough OT services for Erik, we are pleased to share that Erik now has a speech/communication AND a feeding therapist coming to the house weekly to work with him! We are so happy to have the addition of these 2 individuals to our team! Timing is everything and Erik is at the point where he is fairly consistently responding to things like pushing a button to indicate interest in an activity or to make a choice. This makes securing the 2 additional therapists key enabling us to take advantage of the interest and motivation he is showing towards progress. Please continue to pray for Erik to positively respond to these interventions. We continue to struggle with seizure activity. The spells are brief but he seems to be having them daily (with a few days here and there without anything we notice) and we need to figure out the best approach for reducing or eliminating these all together. Please keep this in your prayers . . . actually our prayer is for the seizures to stop all together! :) We were able to schedule a second appointment with another contractor for an estimate on converting the dining room downstairs into a bedroom with shower for Erik. Of course when the contractor arrived he immediately said they are not going to approve it, I will prepare an estimate but I can tell you that it will not be approved. So . . . what this does is make the prayer for this to come together for Erik more of a priority! We will keep you updated as things progress. As always, thanks for your continued prayers and encouragement. Love in Christ, Erik's Family