Progress Up-date

I forgot on my last post to update on my progress so here is an update if anyone was wondering. I am doing really good but still progressing. I still have trouble with my balance, I still fall over at times, I walk in zig-zag patterns because when there is a bump in the road, or a slant in the side-walk my legs will react to little gravity pulls and so I just have to go where my legs take me. My right leg will start shaking when I am standing on it too long. Sister Dienhart is still working very hard with me in and out of the dance class, still when the class goes to the middle of the floor to practice ballet moves, I have to go over to the bar and hold on because of balance problems. My progress is still coming, there are very little improvements I see daily but so small that they are sometimes very hard to notice. All is good though and there it is! The end. J

K, I know I haven’t updated my blog for some time. Going back to school and having to think again is something I am trying to learn how to do again, so doing the blog hasn’t been a main priority of mine lately. My progress is still coming along though, very slowly but coming along. Here is a few picture's from school, I am sorry that I don't have a lot, I will try and take more and then post them!

Here is a picture of my FHE group after an activity:

For my friend Kelsie’s color photography class, she took pictures of me for one of her assignments. Here is a few of the pictures she took:

The Lovely Cabin

In the summer my family and I take lots of trips to our cabin. We spent memorial weekend at our cabin because of the 3 day weekend and that was the first time my family and I went up for a trip this year. My dad built the cabin when my sister’s and I were little and we spent almost every weekend up there at that time so now my sister’s and I are a little sick of it but we still love it because so many memories were made there. Here are some pictures of the trip my family and I took. Also, I probably won’t be posting very many posts for awhile. I am trying to get my balance really good before I go back to school so I am going to be working hard on my balance until then.

Someday...

Today was kind of a yucky day. It has been raining a lot lately and come on, it's May, the weather should be wonderful but it's not! My sister's, their kid's, and I all wanted to go outside but it kept raining and was cold so we all spent the day inside. I love summer day's so I want the rain to go away but I guess i'll enjoy it because it's all I can do right now anyway!



My sister Aubrey holding her little boy Blake, my sister Marie holding her newborn baby Ava, and Marie's little boy Logan sitting just below her eating a chip. Trying to enjoy being inside.

Oh, and I really like these shoes! I can kind of be obsessive with shopping sometimes and I'm pretty sad that I can't wear high heels right now, it would be impossible to wear them, my balance is still really horrible! I'll just dream until that day comes...

Create Video by Elder Uchtdorf

I know this video is kind of old but I still love it and it still remains true. My sister showed me this video when I was in the hospital last year and at that time it was very hard to see. I had to squint and look at the screen just at the right angle to see the picture and now I can see the picture really good, I love how time can heal! Really, we have the power to create and I am so grateful that we can because right now my body is having to create new pathways for my brain to use so I can have all those functions that my body once had. Really, having this experience I have learned how amazing the body is blessed to be. Also, a ballet teacher that I had at BYU-Idaho, Sister Dienhart had a stroke herself. She was thought by doctors that she would never be able to walk again but re-learned to walk and is now back TEACHING DANCE! I don’t know the whole story, I only know bits and pieces but she is amazing and I think of her a lot when I feel something is too hard or I can’t do it. I e-mailed her asking her thoughts of me being in dance class in the fall and she e-mailed me back telling me to take the class of hers and also she will help me a lot. I am so excited! I know the Lord helps me achieve my goals when I do what is right and when I rely on the Lord for help! I can’t wait for the feeling of being back in the dance room again!

Happy Birthday Megan!

My friend Megan is on a mission for the LDS church in San Diego, California. Her birthday is coming up and I made her a blanket. I made the blanket by crocheting and it has been great for my occupational therapy. Occupational is everyday tasks that people do like cooking, cleaning, or the fine motor skills like writing or putting on make-up, etc.

Also, I am now in an institute class and I really liked this talk that my teacher used in her lesson: Using the Supernal Gift of Prayer
Elder Richard G. Scott
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Utah Valley Specialty Hospital

Utah Valley Specialty Hospital, the hospital I stayed at and been going to for my rehabilitation since after being in the ICU in Idaho. They had an anniversary party for their success of being a hospital since their opening and I was invited to the celebration as a guest speaker to tell a little bit about my stay at the hospital and about my experience thus far.

I have had some wonderful therapist and these are few of them. Left to right is Nikki, Brittany, me, and Shanlon.