10/17/14
WEEK 15 ½
Alexa is definitely
doing much better now. We are so
grateful for the doctors who took the time to learn how to do this surgery
& most importantly to our Heavenly Father who gave them the knowledge to
make this possible. She still has her bad,
horrible days for sure, but she is able to get out & be sociable now where
before she could hardly leave the house.
We have set a family goal to try to attend the temple once a week so I
take her & Tyson to do baptisms for the dead & we also have been doing
lots of family history work. I know that
if we can spend our time looking for ways to serve others & if Alexa can
somehow focus her mind on helping others instead of dwelling on her pain all
the time she will be able to heal faster.
Her natural tendency is to feel sorry for herself & our natural
tendency is to baby her. She has started
going to physical therapy & they push her pretty hard. It is so much better to have them do it than
for me to nag her about it all the time!
She also is taking voice lessons & it is helping her to build up her
breathing, sort of a PT in & of itself but she enjoys this one!
She went in for her
3 month testing at the diabetes ctr at the U hospital in Salt Lake the end of
Sept. We were there for about 3 hrs
& she had to get blood drawn 3 times.
The next day Dr. Jones called & said the results were
fantastic!! He said as far as he was
concerned she could go off all her insulin!!
I didn’t take her off yet since I wanted to send the results to her doctor
in MN to make sure they were ok with it.
Yesterday Dr. Bellin emailed back & said Alexa can start weaning off
her insulin. She wants her to continue
to test her blood sugar 2 times a day for this 1st yr just to make
sure the islets continue to work but she said her numbers look great!! This is such a miracle & we couldn’t be
happier!! She is also weaning off her
other medications & will hopefully have improvements in her bowel movements
& stomach pains as time goes on. We
know we just have to be patient & take things a little at a time.
Today we are going back
to the place to get more packets to study for the GED test. I think she is about ready to take the actual
test. She is also about halfway done
with seminary & will soon be able to go to institute. Next week she will be getting her molde done
for her permanent crown & hopefully this one really will be permanent! These implants have been a nightmare!! We have our flight set up to go back to MN
the week of Dec 14th.
Hopefully the weather won’t be too bad back there. It really is amazing how well Alexa is
healing & we know it is because of all of the faith & prayers of all of
our family & friends!!
