Good day for Hannah Rigby. Every day, actually every hour, is full of ups and downs but if there are more ups than down we call it good!
The speech therapists have been waiting for her to wake up enough so that they could do a swallow study, which is basically just some observations to see if she has the capacity to swallow correctly. From what they could tell today, everything looked pretty good. She still has a NG tube in for her nutrition but I hoping in the next few days they will let her eat!
The rest of her therapies went better than usual. She seems to be more awake now which is nice. She's also figuring out little ways to communicate. I'm hoping her speech will come with time but in the meantime it's big for her to be able to let us know what she needs.
Hannah's seminary class was having a lesson on trials today and her teacher was kind enough to send us some of the talks and songs he used for his lesson. Some of the student's also wrote some comments for us about their thoughts on the matter. Anyway, it came at the perfect time. I read everything this afternoon and felt like I had been given a treasure. It gave me a fresh perspective on a lot of things I have been thinking about-and gave me a lot of good things to contemplate. At the time I was reading, Hannah was tossing and turning and letting me know she was miserable. They totally weaned her off pain meds today and she was having a hard time. I played the songs he sent and she was immediately calm. Music has power. I need to use it more with her. Anyway, I am including the link to one of the songs he sent. It's beautiful. Hope you will all listen to it.
It's called "Blessings" by Laura Story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQan9L3yXjc
This picture was taken right before Hannah went in to get her gallbladder out on Sunday. She was smiling all the way. I think she thought she was in a parade! Who smiles on their way to surgery??
Love you Hannah! You are constantly in my thoughts. Hang in there :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this beautiful song. It touched my heart. Hannah is blessed to have so many wonderful friends and such a warm loving family!
ReplyDeleteI have always loved this song and I think of the line often "what if the trials of this life are your mercies in disguise?" And it helps me to be humbled and grateful. Thanks for your continuous and constant example of faith and humility, Lisa. I love reading the updates and I love praying for sweet Hannah!
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