Update on Marie – Part 1 (11/16)

Email from Marie’s Parents —-

I think there are a few of you still checking the BLOG  and we are still getting inquiries about Marie; we sure thank you for not forgetting her!!!

While Marie’s dad and I made a quick trip out to N. Carolina to help Marie’s sister while she had surgery, QLI helped move Marie back to Lincoln!!  She is in an assisted living facility (Our Homes) and is not a happy camper, but “hanging in there”.  When one considers that she remembers nothing about the accident, and has had to adjust to temporarily losing some of her abilities, and has had to adjust to living in different facilities, it is no wonder she is sometimes “cranky”.

Her impulsiveness is still an issue;  she has always been “spirited” but has trouble keeping her emotions under control under certain conditions.  As I was speaking to her by phone the other day, her discussion of discontent at Our Homes just escalated, and she couldn’t calm down easily.  We pray that the part of the brain that controls that will continue to improve.

To see her in person and to visit with her, you would think she was pretty much back to normal; she has so much to be grateful for, and knows and appreciates that fact, and mentions it often. She continues to be amazed at all the people who have shown an interest in her.  She is just anxious to get back to her own home and feel normal again….and that is certainly not surprising.  Given all that she has been through over the past months, she has been pretty patient.  Some of us think the return of her “spunkiness” is a good sign!!

We will bring her back to Iowa for Thanksgiving, so we hope that will be a nice change of scene for her.

This may sound trite, but we have SO much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving season, and near the top of our list are the friends and acquaintances who have given Marie so much encouragement  and have kept her in their prayers.  We’re also aware there are folks who have done things quietly, “behind the scenes” (like mowing Marie’s grass, and fixing her mailbox, seeing to her mail and watering her plants, phoning her, and visiting  etc. )…thank you.

We know that as we continue to deal with this “life changing” event, that you too, have “issues” in your lives, and we pray that you will have the strength and wisdom to deal with them!!!!  We know how much it means to have support of friends.

Dick and Jeanne