New Beginings

Dear Family and Friends,

So many things are happening in this New Year:

* Sherri continues her physical and occupational therapy. She particularly values the professionalism and methodology her physical therapist brings to the process. It's a trying, frustrating, valuable, and very necessary activity.

* Pain management has improved with an increased "background" long lasting med combined with less short term pain meds. Sherri has intentionally skipped a number of her short term pain meds and this represents progress towards eventually decreasing reliance on the powerful drugs.

* Sherri continues along a path of realizing progress on one hand yet also understanding more and more that things will not be the same for now. This is a dynamic that is more quickly understood by those who have been through this type of experience.

Another milestone was reached today as Sherri began working with using crutches to walk. Up to this point, she's exclusively used a walker to support herself. She also has begun to work on how to navigate several steps. She's taking them pretty slowly and deliberately for now!

Her left ankle and foot continue to experience very strange sensations ranging from no sensation to an "angry nerve/shooting pains" to a tingling sensation (think of your foot falling asleep with that tingling feeling).

What's coming up? Soon Sherri's rehab team will huddle and set an informal discharge date. While not set in stone, the informal discharge date will act as a catalyst to get everyone really focused on getting Sherri ready - as best as possible - for the transition to being outside of inpatient care and eventual return to living in her apartment.

Sherri continues to welcome friends and colleagues from ACCION and her Amigos amigos and associates as well and other friends and family. She is energized by people for sure!

Thank you for your continuing part in Sherri's recovery. Many, many - literally from around the world - have shared of their prayer support for Sherri. And so many have written and messaged and 'texted' and for sure facebooked and perhaps tweeted.

With gratitude,

Steve