Paul's Update: April 25th at 9pm
Well, the girl never ceases to amaze us.Today was a day of wonder that I never would have expected, and frankly it bought tears to my eyes when I witnessed what I did today. Karen's dad called me at work today and said he thought I should get down to the hospital to see something. He wouldn't say what it was, so I left workearly and headed down to the hospital. Much to my surprise, there was Karen, sitting in her wheelchair, drinking from a cup of water and just talking away. It was as if it was no big deal to her.
Now, don't get too carried away with the talking thing, because we couldn't understand all of it. But, we could understand a lot of it, and there were complete sentences. That's just the beginning of things, because a little later they brought her first meal, and she ate it mostly by herself. It was a little sloppy, but pretty darned amazing to us.
Karen has become somewhat of a chatterbox lately too. As I said, not all of it is understandable, but there is obviously a lot going on in that head of hers.
I wonder what tomorrow will bring?
posted by Karen's Blog @ Wednesday, April 26, 2006
4 Comments:
I am so happy to hear this news! I was thinking of Karen a lot yesterday as well as over the weekend. Her friends in the Promise Land 50K (me, Zipper and Runamaniac) dedicated many of our miles to her recovery. Whenever I'd start to feel tired and like giving up, I would think about what she was going through and how she can't give up! It gave me the mental kick in the pants to toughen up and keep at it until I finished that mountainous 50K.
Karen, your strength and perseverance is an inspiration to us all. We'll keep praying for your full recovery!
What wonderful news ... the progress being made brings amazement and inspiration to me every time I log onto the site.
WOW!
Amanda
That's so amazing! I know HayBurner and Zipper thought of her while running, so on Monday night during my run, I focused my thoughts on her during a particularly hard part. I'm so glad that she is doing so well!
Thank you for sharing all this fantastic news with us!
LisaBadger
YAY! I'm so, so happy to hear this!!!! Keep it up, Karen!
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