It's going...

Lisa is Lisa...

Today I popped in for a minute to visit her. She just got back from her OT and PT...the note from her staff was discouraging. Karen and I are not able to be with her as much for her therapies so we only have the staff to rely on for feedback. Lisa cried during therapy. She was put on the treadmill and did not like it, she also was put on an exercise tramp for balance and again, did not like it. She told me she was scared. I told her the therapists would not let her fall. She is so cautious and is fearful of falling and does not want to try new things, thus keeping her from improving.

As a sister, I tell her to try, or to just do it. She will try and in most cases do whatever is asked, because I am her sister and she will do it for me...but other people are not like that and don't have the respect or relationship we do and if she does not want to do something, she doesn't have to. Do you know how frustrating that is??????? Aughhhhhh.

We have some decisions to make I think. I don't know what kind of decisions we will have to make, but Lisa needs to be pushed, a lot more than she is. It is the way we were raised, it is how Lisa got to where she is today, well, you know. It is truly amazing to see how much she gets away with because the expectations are so low... I need to get off my negative soap box now.

She did get to go to Karen's surprise 40th birthday party at Beningo's this past Saturday. I got her there and had a couple of guys from our group help her down the stairs in her wheelchair. She was so happy to be there for Karen! She was a bit perturbed about not eating supper at 4:30 like usual. She let me know about it too, but she wasn't complaining when she got her very fav food...lasagna!

She has been coming to church and taking communion. Her drooling is getting better. We hope and pray that she will be able to go back to work in the future. She needs to work on swallowing.

Amy has some pictures of us...she will post:)