Starbucks Stop...

     We were able to take Jacoby on a wheelchair ride in the hospital by ourselves for the first time today!  Destination Starbucks!  While it was a great trip, it was a bit emotional as well.  We all shed a few tears.  The days are packed with rehab appointments and meetings and we are all wiped out by the end of the day... especially Jacoby.  She had her first real shower since the accident today.  It was quite the process!  Continued thanks for all the support and encouragement by our local community and literally many throughout the US and the world.

     Go Team Jacoby!

Please no visitors until Saturday afternoon and Sunday.  We have learned that therapy during the week takes up the whole day and is pretty exhausting! Thank you for understanding.

For more information about Jacoby:

www.goteamjacoby.com

A Better Day...

Jacoby had a pretty good day, today.  Her overall pain level has become easier to regulate, so she is able to focus more on rehab.  She was able to stay in the chair for about 3 hours today without the nauseous feeling that plagued her the last couple of days!  It's a mental roller coaster for her, but she is handling it like a champ.  Thanks to all for the cards filled with encouraging words.  Jacoby thoroughly enjoys reading them! 

For more information about Jacoby:

www.goteamjacoby.com

Reality Check...

Today we realized we have a daughter who has an accurate perspective on life...

http://www.king5.com/video?id=181118451&sec=548792&ref=rcvidmod

Big thanks to our family doctor, Dr. Kevin Taggart, "The Maid Brigade", the Mariners Michael Saunders, and West Coast Elite Gymnastics from Arcadia, CA for their show of support!

For more information about Jacoby:

www.goteamjacoby.com

Gym Sister Power!

     Jacoby enjoyed a visit from several of her gym-mates and coaches today.  They shared lunch over pizza and had some good laughs.  Jacoby has expressed a lot of interest in coaching down at Roach Gymnastics and the visit only reinforced that desire.
     The transition from the hospital to home life has been a bit exhausting to be honest with you, so continued prayers for the transition are much appreciated!
     Jacoby received some more encouraging letters and care packages from several people, gyms, colleges (Auburn and Oklahoma), and a really cool letter and picture from SEAL Team 5 in Afghanistan!  Continued thanks for all the words of support.
     God continues to stretch and strengthen us all through this trial.  We have met so many wonderful people and continue to trust in His purpose behind all of this...

First Full Day Of Rehab...

     Jacoby had a busy first full day of rehab, filled with PT, OT, and TR.  Her biggest accomplishment of the day was making it into a wheelchair.  She was a bit nauseous but tolerated it well enough to head down the elevator three floors and to the Starbucks near the hospital entrance!  Of course, she was rewarded with a caramel frap, which actually seemed to help with the nausea.  The exciting part of this was that she had good blood pressure readings when we returned to her room.  
     Jacoby is receiving such encouragement from the letters she has received and wanted to send a big "THANK YOU" to everyone.  She made us read letters for about three hours today.  We made it through stacks from ECGA, Crystals, Grace, Garlands, and VEGA.  Next up is a huge collection received from all across the US!
     In terms of her spinal cord injury, she has not regained any additional feeling at this time.  Please keep the prayers up!  We were reminded once again how blessed we are to have her with us as we ran into some old friends by chance... Cameron and Sarah Stewart are here with their 3 year old daughter who is in the fight of her life in the ICU after a heart surgery that took a turn for the worse.  Please keep this family in your prayers as well!

For more information about Jacoby:

www.goteamjacoby.com

       

Jacoby's Sabbath...

"Sabbath": a day of religious observance and abstinence from work.
     Jacoby's day was the purest form of Sabbath!  She spent the entire day sharing stories and laughter with her youth group, family, neighbors, and gymnastic sisters.

     Please pray for Jacoby as she starts her first full day of physical and occupational therapy tomorrow.  We love her and we know she can do it!  

For more information about Jacoby:

www.goteamjacoby.com

 

A Touch of Christmas...

     Sometimes there are not words to fully capture what we want to say... that is how we felt today.  Telling you we're proud of Jacoby doesn't come close to how we felt as we watched her throughout the day.  

     We started with therapy this morning.  Jacoby was sat up for the first time!  We know this doesn't seem like a big deal, but for spinal cord injuries, it's one of the first hurdles that must be overcome.  After laying down for one week solid, the body has to re-adjust blood pressure levels.

     After therapy, Jacoby received flowers and a gift from one of her favorite gymnasts... Nastia Liukin!  What a special treat!  Jacoby just kept saying, "She has been so good to me and she doesn't even know me."  

     As we all visited about how amazing it would be to get flowers from Nastia, Jacoby's Aunt Heidi Sackett was busy at work making her room a "Christmas Delight".  She was surrounded with colorful stockings, hanging bulbs of every shape and size, wreaths, and a beautiful 7 ft. Christmas tree.  

     And what's a day without visitors!  Jacoby was able to share her day with some teammates and family.  A couple Seattle first responders delivered a stack of cards from VEGA and Sandy delivered a pile from Garlands and also a stack received from all across the US.  Adding these to the cards already received from other clubs in prior days, the pile keeps growing.  Jacoby loves to have us read the cards and receives great encouragement from them (not to mention us!).  Thanks to all!

     Even with the challenges before us, we feel blessed beyond words.  We are thankful our daughter is surrounded by so many who love her and want to see her "walk on water" as badly as we do!

     "My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness." 2 Corinthians 12:9