Sunday, February 05, 2006

These are a few pictures from Thursdays therapy session.
I love this picture.
It shows how far she has come in just 9 days.
Taking a stroll around the room.
Lauren and I are helping her with a crawling exercise. You can see by the look on her face that she wasn't too interested.

This is at the end of the session. You can see how tired she is.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and there are three above that capture everything I would like to say about her success with this therapy. I'm so anxious to see what next week's pictures will look like.

We are at the Ronald McDonald house this week so I should be able to give updates daily. This is the part of the trip where the newness and the fun of being away begins to wear off. Reece has asked to go home more than once. We all miss being home with our family and friends. God must have known we would need to see some familiar faces this week because on Monday my family came down for a surprise visit. They were able to see Iliana during a portion of her therapy session. Even my brother was here. On Friday, we were able to spend time with Jeff and Erica Pruett and their children. It worked out that they would be in South Florida during our 3 week stay, it was a fun time for all of us.

Iliana is making what might appear to most as some small strides, but she is gaining strength daily. I know this is becoming redundant, but we are so blessed to be here and to have found this therapy for her. Our prayer is that we will be able to return for a second therapy session within 3 to 4 months. We feel that this will give us enough time with her at home to help her gain strength before returning. Donations have already been made directly to Therapies4Kids for her second trip. If you or anyone that you know would like to help us, you can do so by making a donation either to Hillcrest Baptist Church or Therapies4Kids.

I wasn't able to post pictures from Friday's session. I will try to do so in the future.


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