hope...

Hope...wasn't it too perfect that our Sunday school lesson was entitled 'A Living Hope' this past Sunday. The words from Max Lucado just seemed to jump off of the page, "It may be just a coincidence that 'hope' and 'cope' rhyme, but it's a happy coincidence. If we can't see beyond our immediate circumstances in life, the outlook quickly turns to a shade of despair." My hope is in you Lord and I thank you for the promise of "...hope and a future..." I am so full of hope for Camilla and her future. She is doing GREAT! She is eating and sleeping well and seems to have regained most of her strength and ALL of her silliness :) We have not seen any seizures and we are very thankful for the last 16 seizure-free days (the record for her was when she was on the Ketogenic diet and went 3 months seizure-free...she was 1yo). Her incision seems to be healing well and so far we don't seem to be having the 'scabbing' issues that we had with her last surgery. We go for her first checkup with Dr. Blount tomorrow and will see what he has to say about how it is healing. We are still having to clean the wound twice daily. As for her progress in other areas: she seems to be processing language faster; she seems to be saying some new sounds-especially vowell sounds; she has picked up 3 new signs and will do them when prompted - thank you, please and more; she is showing some progress in potty training - PRAISE GOD for every accomplishment large or small :) Overall, like I said before, Camilla is doing GREAT. She has only had one day of not feeling very well since we have been home from the hospital and after some Tylenol she perked up quite a bit. I remain AMAZED at how well she has done through this whole process-she is such a trooper! We visited her school yesterday and she was thrilled to see her friends and teachers again - we will find out tomorrow when she can return to school. I want to thank EVERYONE for the outpouring of love and support, we are overwhelmed with the kindness that has been shown to our family. Specific prayer requests include: healthy healing for her incision and strength and patience for all during cleanings; no seizures; tantrums to disappear; delevopment; and for our entire family as we live and share Camilla's story for the glory of God. "For I know the plans I have for you" declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you HOPE and a future." Jeremiah 29:11