Week 17 October 8th - October 14th

Week 17 October 8th - October 14th

Clark Family Update: Day 117
Sunday October 12th 10:00 am
Day 23 at home

I know it has been over a week since I posted an update other than the video, but that is actually a great thing. Life has settled into our new version of normal, and we are all just engrossed in our daily activities.

While Chase was in the Rehabilitation hospital I was called to be a seminary teacher, more specifically his seminary teacher. Now that we are home and he is able to attend his regular seminary class I am blessed to get the opportunity to teach seminary on Friday's.

Chase is in a regular English class now, and he is really wanting to get into his AP history class. He was cleared by his PT to walk in the halls with the other Students, but Phil and I Veto'ed that. He may be stable enough, but until he has his surgery his brain is still too vulnerable if he were to take a fall.
We aren't sure if he is talking even better this week or if we are just getting better at understanding him, either way, as I am sitting here typing this I can hear Brooklyn and Alora in his room visiting and laughing with him. Prior to the accident I spent many nights on my knees asking the Lord to help me bring them closer together......... I prayed for a lot of things that he granted to me in one fell swoop. Perhaps in the future I should be more aware of what I am asking the Lord for 

Chase is still in high spirits, except when I want him to do chores, then he suddenly gets tired and reminds me he has a brain injury.

I finally felt normal enough to start decorating for Halloween this week. Last week I was actually dreading it, and I decided I wasn't going to dress up. If you know me you know that's not a good sign. Today I have my costume all planned out, and a few of my children's ready. My yard is 75% decorated, and my spirits are high- my house however - Yikes. LOL Anytime I start getting creative my house kind of explodes. I'm not sure how to balance the creative with neat and orderly. So I guess the Halloween Festivities have to be put on hold for a while. BOOOO!

Our lives are full of homework, and snuggles, hurried meals, and Therapy sessions, Early mornings, and crawling on hands and knees looking for that one shoe that always hides. I am so blessed.

Tomorrow Chase will get an ultrasound on his arms to check his blood clots. If they are gone we will head to Minot on Wed. for a CT scan and a Dr.'s Appointment with the Neurosurgeon. If everything goes well there we will meet with our family Dr. to get blood work done, and then if everything goes well, Chase will have surgery the last week in October. That's a lot of" if everything goes well's." I'm not worrying about it though, either it's the right time for his surgery or it isn't, and the Lord has led us through this every step of the way so far. I handed all the things that I can't control over to The Lord so I am in great hands, and I just do my part and wait to see it all unfold.

We continually pray for his soft palette to heal. He learned to say S's, and V's and T's in speech this week, but he has to do it all with his nose plugged. I have to keep reminding myself that the Lord has promised to make him whole, but he didn't say it would be in my time frame. Chase is ready to be back in school full-time, but it's just not a possibility right now. So our prayers for his Soft palette to work continue, and we add them to our prayers of thanks to the Lord for amazing blessings, for his love and guidance. We pray for you. We pray for the monumental challenges you are facing, and the small things that you experience daily. We pray that he will bless and keep you. We are Legion!

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