Are You Looking At ME???

I uploaded some pictures. Some are from the transfer to Atlanta on April 13th (sorry, they are a little late) and there is one of Skylar and Kyara outside this afternoon.

I really think that Kyara is starting to see us better. This afternoon, we were outside by a koi pond. I bent down to Kyara's right side (which she has a preference to her left and alot of times her eyes will roll up) and said, "Kyara, look at Mommy." She looked directly AT me!!! Down and to the right. She looked directly at my face and held it there for a number of seconds. Last night she also gave the respiratory therapist a hard time when he was trying to give her the flovent inhaler medication. They have the inhaler attached to a tube and mask that fits over her mouth and nose. When he put the mask on her face she started to shake her head side to side like she was saying "NO."

For those of you that know Kyara, you know that she had a mind of her own. She was known to play "possom" with doctors and therapists. Lately, it seems that she is doing that again. She will "sleep" sometimes in therapy and amazing enough, as soon as I put her back in her wheelchair to leave, her eyes pop open and she is awake. Kyara...you silly girl, the therapist are there to help you! Please don't play games now! Another thing she did this afternoon in therapy - When the therapist asked her to squeeze her finger, Kyara OPENED her hand. Now that could be interpreted in several different ways. 1- It was a coincidence that her hand moved at all. 2- She was trying to squeeze, but hasn't figured out how to make her hand do what she wants. 3- She didn't WANT to squeeze the therapists finger and so she opened her hand instead. Had this happened 3 months ago, I would say without a doubt that it was option number 3. Especially since the therapist on the weekend is not the same therapist she has been working with all week. Also, last night, Gunars said Kyara made a face that was "SO KYARA." He was explaining to my dad about the arm splint and when to put it on, and Kyara made a face that showed that she was not happy with the arm splint. From what Gunars told me, it was a face that Kyara has made many times before her injury. To us, this would mean that she heard Gunars talking to my dad, she understood what he was talking about, and she did not like it. I like to believe that she has the cognitive ability to have understood everything. I pray this is the case.

I am still having a hard time coping with Kyara's injury. I am learning each day to be thankful and celebrate the little things she does. When I think about how she was before the arrest, my heart breaks. That Kyara is not my reality anymore. I don't know what the future holds, but I do know that God is taking each step with us. I believe He is showing Himself each day in Kyara's recovery. Somedays we just have to look extra close. Please continue to pray for Kyara's recovery. I know He is listening.