She'll be home for Christmas... (that is the plan anyways)

So Abby has been on the Rehab floor since Tuesday and she is doing really well. She doesn't spend much time in bed anymore. She has done stairs a few times and she gets dressed everyday and goes to a day room to just sit and hang out. She is really getting stronger and we can all see it. The Rehab doctors had a meeting yesterday to discuss what Abby needs to do to get home and when we can expect her home. They said the biggest thing for Abby is her endurance and strength and just a little help with balance. So she is coming along beautifully. They also said they are planning on discharging her on December 24th!! Now that is what we wanted to hear. So last night we all went to mom and dad's and decorated the house for Christmas. The only thing we didn't put out was the nativity and that is because that is always Abby's job. So it is waiting for her to do on Christmas eve.

This has been a long 10 weeks especially for my parents. They have been through so much and so has Abby of course. Luckily for Abby she doesn't remember the first 4 weeks, but we do. But Abby has had to endure so much pain and discouraging moments and I know she also worries about our parents. Every time a new Doctor reviews Abby's chart they always say "according to this she shouldn't be alive" Medically no she shouldn't be alive but She is special and she has something big to do in this life. It is hard to look at this as a miracle because a lot of the bad stuff that happened shouldn't have happened and we have all been through this before 20 years ago. So it seems we had a lot of bad luck, but luckily we have a lot of miracles too. I hope we are out of bad luck because we just might have exceeded our limit on miracles. But for now I am grateful for our miracles! They told us that awful night 10 weeks ago that Abby was gone, and now they tell us she will be home for Christmas. What a blessing!

So Abby will have a busy week a head of her, getting ready to come home. We know she can do it, she can do anything! So please keep the prayers coming they WORK! We hope and pray that everything goes well from here on out so she will be home for Christmas!