Intro

Hi! For those who don't know the background, here's a quick synopsis of how we got here. Kimberly has a congenital disorder called Areteriovenous malformation (AVM) in her brain - basically that's a cluster of blood vessels that aren't formed correctly. On July 19th, one of the vessels bled and the physical effects were basically the same as that of a stroke, causing her to lose some function on her left side.

Thanks to prayers of MANY people (far too numerous to list here), after three weeks in ICU, having a shunt put in (and making friends with most of the nurses in the 6th floor ICU) Kimberly is in a room at Jim Thorpe Rehab (which is physically in the hospital but not part of the hospital).

Currently, Kimberly has between four and six hours of therapy a day (split between speech, OT, and PT). Some of her therapy has been to play with the Wii - I'm jealous! (A side note here - Jacob tried to get the dr. to write and "order" for her to have a Wii at home...he was not successful in that endeavor.) But, someone in the know (either a therapist or dr., not sure which) that saw her yesterday was really impressed with the progress she's made with the therapy up to this point!

The purpose of this blog is twofold. First (and most obvious), it's a place where we can post information about Kimberly's recovery/progress so that those who aren't here can at least know how well she's doing. Second, at some point (I think in the very near future), Kimberly will actually take over the updating so everyone can hear from her instead of getting secondhand information!

Posted by Beth (sister-in-law)