10/3/07 - Wednesday

Hi Everyone!
I hope I have not lead you to think that Jordan is the same Jordan we knew before the accident. For those of you who have not gotten to see Jordan, she looks the same and is beautiful but she cannot talk or move her left side right now as a result of her injury. It is upsetting to see her and know she cannot communicate with you. She will look at you but she is not the same as she once was. We put her in a wheelchair to get her around and we have been told we will need to make modifications at home for this accessability. They are not sure if she will ever walk or talk again - this is what I meant to say but was trying to put it in different words as not to upset anyone. Jordan is fighting every day to get stronger. You can tell in her frustration and her pushing everyone away from her with her right arm. She cannot even hold her own head up but is trying to strengthen her muscles every day so she will be able to. She cannot sit up on her own. The therapists will work with Jordan to try to get her muscles strong enough so that she can do some of these things hopefully on her own. I will do the therapy when they are not around so she is getting all she can handle.
We love Jordan as she is. It is like having her as a baby again. In time (lots of time) we hope that she will learn to talk or walk again (hopefully both). But time is what she/we need right now. It should take us about 9 MORE MONTHS to be able to tell whether or not she has stopped progressing. She/we are not giving up. She is not a quitter.
Thank you for your support for us. We are going to need all we can get!!!!
Love: Brenda, Jimmy & Jordan