Matthew's Rehabilation Journey Week 20

Hey everyone, my internet is working now, so hopefully I'll be able to post again.

To catch up on what has been going on... Matthew continues to do well in his therapy. We have had some days where he has been really sleepy. The doctor is trying different things to try to keep him more awake and more alert.

Some of you may have heard that Matthew's tentative discharge date was September 12th. I did some checking and this was a date that would have been the earliest he would be able to go home. He will not be going home then, but he will be going home once his housing is ready.

For those of you who have not heard, worker's compensation bought Matthew a new handicapped accessible van. Praise God! Also, if approved on August 29th, they will be purchasing him a manufactured home which will be handicapped accessible with a roll in shower added. Once approved, it will take 3-4 weeks from the manufacturer and then will have to be set up and ramps added etc.. Once this is done, Matthew will be coming home. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord.

Going home is a very exciting thought, but also a scary one for me. I wanted him to be talking more, eating, etc... lots more than what he is doing now. I still know that God is going to restore him because he told me, but it is all in his time and I know that Matthew will probably excel more once he gets home and has more contact with friends and family. Please keep us in your prayers, as this will be a new and scary way of life for me and him.

I am so ready to come home, as I'm sure Matthew is. I am figuring that our discharge date should be around mid- to late October. Home just in time for the holidays.

I'm sorry I haven't been able to post, but it was beyond my control. I thank everyone for the continued prayers and can't wait to get home to see everyone. I have been in the last two weekends and will be coming home for Labor Day weekend to have an inside "moving" sale. I have been packing up the house and getting ready to move, as I have to be out by the first of the month. I will be temporarily storing my things at Mom's and my dear friend Gala's house, until I have a house to put them in. Everyone come by for the sale, it will be behind the police station in Apt #23. I will also be taking Lexie to the carnival at the Choctaw Festival, so if I don't see you at the moving sale, maybe I'll see some of you there.