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"Welcher Po passt auf dieses Klo?" or "Ich Auch!" (Continued) |
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(Continued from December 18)
He has begun serial casting, which means that every week, Karl will get a new cast which will extend the muscles in his right leg more and more. The same principle of orthodontics applies here. The thing of it is, and this is remarkable, to my lay mind, Karl has become MUCH less spastic (i.e., stiff) in his legs in the last 7 days or so. Only rarely do I need to say, "loosey-goosey legs, sweet boy Karl!" He is trying new sounds (voir, voir, what is voir? I know the French, but he never did speak French. What is he saying to me with that word????). Today Else, Mom, Karl and I went to eat at Perkins, our first eating-outing. He loved it, opting for French toast. But then he saw me cutting up sausage for little girl Else, and looked at me and said, more or less, "Ich auch," German!! for "me too!". I just about stuffed the whole link down his throat. Karl has begun to cry more, and through long and detailed questioning (not to mention observing the context) it comes out that he is wishing he could say what he wants. "Karl, do you have more to say than you can get out, honey boy?" "Da." "Is that frustrating for you baby boy?" "Da." Poor thing. I think, however, that he is learning to read. Tonight we were reading a book entitled, "Welcher Po passt auf dieses Klo?" the translation not being so important for those who can't speak German, the point being that Karl could read "Po." He knows "no," and, I think, "be." He still loves laughing, and was teasing me tonight in bed by grabbing hold of my nose and not letting go. He loves dancing with me (as does Else--my little girl is so vibrant, displays such a brightness of being. Every day when we bring her to her day care, the big and the small children raise their hands and say "ELSE!!!!!" I feel like I'm at a toddler Cheers bar.)
If we could just improve his response time and his speech, we'd be in relatively good shape.
Which brings me to prayer requests:
Tomorrow, Sunday, is the sixth month anniversary of the accident. Please pray for us, for this reason alone.
Pray for Karl's continued improvement, improvement with no limits.
Pray that my parents find the physical resources to keep up with this life.
Pray that we find a solution for the question of how to keep our ship afloat come February, when I return to work. Karl has therapies in the morning and afternoons, in different places, for differing lengths of time. How to get us all out of the door and to our respective places (i.e., work, day care, therapy) is yet a question. We are realizing that we need in-home care, not for Karl's medical needs, but rather for Karl's physical, social, and logistical needs--not to mention ours!
Pray for Karl's spirits, that he know that he will get better, one day, in one way or another. Let him not be defeated at three.
Pray for Else, that she know that this is not how we had planned it, with her in a day care all day, and that she gives me such happiness with her beauty, her drama, her smarts, and her smile.
Pray for me, for hope, for strength, for hope, for strength.
Pray that Jesus come for all those who are crying, "How long, oh Lord, how long," and for all those who should be.
Peace.
Anna
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