October 9, 2006
October 9, 2006 | Updates
Just a quick update…didn’t want to skip a week again, but I don’t have much time. First, Samuel’s love for school amazes me. As I climbed in bed last night, I said to Tom, “I’m so glad tomorrow is Monday.” Then I did a quick double take and said, “What did I just say?!” I don’t think I’ve ever said or thought that in my life. But Samuel is just so much more content during the weekdays when he has school and Kaylee working with him. He really seems to need all that stimulation and clearly misses it over the weekends. So, as usual, he was all smiles and jabbering away this morning as we headed to school!We also started outpatient therapy this week. Our sessions will be much more limited now. So we’ll just have to learn at the sessions we do get and do the work ourselves at home. This week, they mostly just evaluated Samuel and set new goals for him. But we’ll probably have about 3 hours of therapy each week until the end of the year and then it will drop off to about 3 hours a month for the next year.
Samuel has been really wiggly the past few days, which is driving me nuts, but is probably a good thing. He mostly just seems to really want to MOVE! By bedtime, he’s really worked up. It sure would be nice if he could figure out how to pull or push himself forward. Let’s hope that in time he will.
Well, not too much more to report. We’ve been valient in keeping Samuel’s little hats on and his hair is growing back. And he even got school pictures taken a while back that turned out pretty good, so I’ll try to get one posted. I’m getting excited for his wheelchair so he can ride the bus home from school. He seems to want to get on the bus so badly each day when the other kids do. And his teacher says the other kids at school have really started to interact with Samuel and worry about him when he’s not there.
So things are going good as we head into this winter season. I’m not looking forward to the colds and sickness that will almost invariably head our way. Let’s pray they don’t effect Samuel or Nathan too badly.
Keep up the prayers. We sure do appreciate them.
Love,
The Jewkes
P.S. The song “I can only imagine” just came on the radio and brought so many emotions to my heart that I wish to share with you. This week in church, we were asked to share times in our lives when others had served us in remarkable ways. There are so many ways that we have been served in our lives. From our parent to our siblings to our children to extended family to friends and neighbors. I still come home to desserts or dinners that people I hardly know have dropped by our home. I will be eternally grateful for all that has been done for us and pray those who have done such things will be blessed 10 fold for them. You are all remarkable people!
On the other hand, I feel so often that people look at Samuel and our family and they marvel at how we serve Samuel. I need to set that straight. I have never in my memory been served the way Samuel has served me and there is nothing I can ever do to repay him. He has sacrificed so much in this life to teach our little family things that we could have learned no other way. His smile and countenance is a bright light in any moment of any day. He touches our hearts with every sound of his voice and every smile on his face. I truly can’t explain it. But it is not us that serve him, it is him that serves us. We love having him with us and almost feel selfish keeping him for our own benefit. But what a great learning experience this has been in our lives! And although we miss the way he was dearly, we are grateful for the good that we have been able to find in such tragedy. And we are grateful for a little boy who lights our lives. We love you Samuel!
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