December 8 - In Home Help

This week we called an in-home nursing agency to hire Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) to help with AJ's morning and night routines. We hope this will serve 2 purposes:
   1. Set AJ up to have the help he needs in order to be more independent and
   2. Help Becca get more rest and reduce the physical demands on her.

Every aid that has come in has expressed their surprise and respect for the determination AJ has to do as much as possible for himself. They have seen other quadriplegics give up as they face this difficult journey. While the CNAs work with AJ, some of their time is spent watching him do things like brushing his teeth or washing his face on his own instead of them doing it for him.

We would love to see changes and improvements everyday, but this healing and recovery takes time. Sometimes when I get feeling desperate for the relief and healing we want, I think of the saying, "Sometimes God calms the storm; sometimes He calms the sailor."  AJ won't give up and neither will we.  We are learning a deeper patience, a greater gratitude and a firmer trust in the Lord as we watch the subtle miracles slowly happen.