July 27, Friday

Hello everyone,

Here is our weekly update. This is Shelly. The back/leg situation has not been good. It was two weeks ago when the pain really started in and I have been babying myself like crazy, Mike doing the cooking, Lacey running around getting things for me, etc., but it is not healing quickly like it has in the past. I went in for an epidural this morning at the hospital. Only a 50-50 chance it will help. I did have relief immediately from the numbing medicine, but we will see if it works permanently in the next day or so. If not, I will be making an appt. with the Spine Center in Portland when I take Lacey down for the halo removal.

Lacey has been continuing to improve with each therapy session. When she first went in for her Occupational Therapy session and was tested for strength in her right hand grip, she tested 10 lbs, and now she is at 28lbs, which her OT was very, very happy with. Of course as she was at RIO in Portland, she is their little star at the Ketchikan General Hospital Therapy unit. Thank you KGH Therapy staff so much.

We want to send a big thank you to Jennifer and Cheyan Cockrum for shuttling Lacey to her therapy visits. It is so helpful, we can't thank you enough. And of course we want to thank Liz for caring so much for us. Liz hired a housekeeper who came in and did a deep clean at the Dunn household. Mike is a fisherman/hunter, not a cleaner. Thank you Auntie Liz. We love you and look forward to you coming back to stay with us on August 1st.

Anyone that would like to come and visit, just give a call prior to coming over, Lacey would love to see you.

Love and God Bless,

Mike, Shelly and Lacey