Things have been really busy with our scheduled move-out for tomorrow. We have had great help from both of our mothers and things look ready to go. Jenny has been sad because she feels like she is losing independence by not having her computer or power chair for a few days. I like that she feels that way because it means that SHE feels she has some independence to lose, which has been a struggle to get her to feel that way. I am also please to state that Jenny has suddenly begun some noticable voluntary movement in her left leg that has been around for just this past week. This is one of the only movements on her left side. I am always pleased with continual progress, no matter how small. Things will be crazy for a while, but I assume that the next time I write, we will be in Texas.
Family
June 6, 2005
With the desire to bring closure to things in Indy, Jenny has begun the mass e-mails of things that need to be accomplished before the move. My favorite was her desire to see our water frog (that we are not taking with us) one last time. Appearantly, it was in a place that she could not see it easily. I would have considered not seeing that mutant frog a blessing. Anyhow, I brought it down to the table and I had her eat breakfast with it one day. She also took advantage of our last testimony meeting in our current ward to have me read her testimony over the pulpit. Jenny is a bit nervous about the move- mostly because she will be without her power chair and computer for a few days.
She continues to make micro improvements with her speech. She still makes her best sounds in the morning, so I try to quiz her when she wakes up. She does not seem to know what to say, so I give her things to try. In a few months she will be so good at saying “Mark-is-cool”, and “booger”. Maybe I need to change up what I have her say.
May 28, 2005
I am writing because I get into trouble if I do not write on this site frequently. Nothing new or really exciting has happened these past few days. We are stripping or house a little each day until the walls are pretty much bare and the anything that we do not have to use is already boxed up. Our home has received very few looks by prospective buyers, but it will most likely need the right family who needs the main floor bathroom and bull bath. Our new home is still in its early stages, so we have a while before we close.
May 23, 2005
A huge part of Jenny’s life returned this week as she has resumed her favorite passtime of scrap booking. A couple of wonderful women came to our home and taught Jenny how to digital scrap book so she can print her pages and put them in albums. I personally like digital better (not just because we have 20 plus boxes of scrap book supplies packed for our move). I see a spark in Jenny that I have not seen in too long of a time. Her self esteem has escalated and she is so proud. Thanks so much to Laura and Teri for your thoughtfulness and time. I give Jenny 3 months before she is as good as the best digital scrapbookers.
Jenny had her first wheel chair “incident” today. Appearantly she sneezed and darted into the wall as her hand bumped her joystick. The kids yelled for me and I found her stuck on the wall. She only got a little scratch on her foot, but the wall took a beating. Yacktmans and their feet do not get along. The kids and I ticketed her for driving while sneezing and exceeding the sneezing limit by 2.
May 19, 2005
We are less than a month away before we move from our home. Jenny seems to still be excited about the move. I think there are too many memories in this house. Everything either reminds her of what she use to be able to do, or of where she collapsed in the kitchen with her stroke. We are in the process of selling our home and extra van, as well as packing. Overall, we are doing really well.
Jenny has made some marked improvements with her speech. Finally! Again, I would not know what a speedily recovery looked like, but her ability to produce voluntary sound is noticable and she has told me things such as, “I love you”, “Mark” and “hi”, which are things she practices in speech therapy. Perhaps this is why I understand them. Overall, most people would not recognize the sounds she makes, but the big news is that she can make sounds- which was not possible before. She was able to say “Bob” this week, so now her little brother can feel special.
JENNY LYNN'S NEWS 