Such Progress!!!

Bryson has had a lot going on in the past couple months, so thought I would catch you up! He had a wonderful Christmas and a super 3rd birthday just a month after that. He continues to feel great every day and I am so thankful for that, considering he felt so bad for so long. He has recently started acupuncture sessions. I think it's really helping his bladder and bowel. He also started having rolfing sessions. Rolfing is wear the connective tissue and muscle is manipulated around the bone by a certified rolfer. This is helping with his short and tight heel cords and hips cords, due to only being able to sit instead of stand and bear weight. It's kind of like a really deep tissue massage on steroids and it really stretches those tight cords out. It seems to be helping a lot. Bryson continues to walk every week in physical therapy. He is still in a harness,but he is making great strides...literally! In February, we will have an appointment with the ortho about fitting him for his RGO braces and he will get to start walking with just a walker, without the harnessing! So excited for that to happen! We are getting some last minute things done before we go to Mexico for his stem cell treatments. All we lack is getting our passports renewed, then we can book a date and start making hotel and flight arrangements. I'm thinking we should be ready to go by early March. I absolutely cannot wait until I can start reporting his progress after he gets the stem cell treatment!

On a personal note, my family has been praying a looking for a new church home and I think we finally found it! We have gone to a couple of services at The Way Bible Church in Sulphur Springs and it has really made an impact on us. We plan on attending and getting involved with this church and possibly becoming an official member if things continue to go this good. God has really spoken to me in those two services and it's such a great feeling. Our family has been praying together, I have been reading my bible, and we are trying to teach Bryson all we can about Jesus! It's been an awesome renewing of the mind and spirit!

The Year of New Beginnings!

Wow, 2011 is gone! Another year just flew by! We received many blessings in the year 2011, but I can tell you that this new year, 2012, is gonna be quite awesome! The good Lord willing, Bryson will be getting stem cell treatments in March. It will be the beginning of many great things to come for him. I learned so much last year and I have grown by leaps and bounds spiritually. I know from personal experience that God answers prayers and blesses those who follow Him. I still have much to learn and I am very eager to know more about an amazing God I serve and His son Jesus Christ. I hope this will be the year that my family finds a permanent church home that we so desperately want and need in our lives. We are still fundraising for Bryson, so if you know of anyone who would like to donate, please tell them about this blog and the chip in button where donations can be made securely through paypal. We have enough to get his first treatment, but still need funds for his home therapy equipment and for a physical therapy program after his treatment. Then, we will need to raise enough money for a second treatment. God has provided for our needs so far and I have faith the rest will come.

My little man turns 3 yrs old on January 21st! I can't believe it! Next thing you know I'm gonna wake up and he will be turning 21! I can't even think about it! I am savoring every single minute I have with him while he's little and I am soaking in every sweet, cute moment, every funny thing he said, every amazing thing he did and accomplished. Bryson truly is the most amazing gift and blessing God has ever given me. This child made me the person I am today. I was lost, trying to find my way, when God gave him to me. Because of Bryson, I have grown spiritually by leaps and bounds. He gave me a new spirit and a new heart for God that I had been longing for, for quite some time. Everyone in my family used to joke and say I would never have kids! Heck, I didn't even like them most of the time! I thought I would make a terrible mother because I was so selfish. I'm so glad God knew differently and had faith in me. God knew that this sweet little boy would bring back the fire and passion in my life. God knew that Bryson would make me seek Him. God knew that I would leave the life I was living behind and put all my efforts into this beautiful child, who would teach me so much about life and God that I never knew. My faith in God is the strongest it's ever been because of Bryson and I am thankful for that every single day.

2012, bring it on!!!! I'm ready to get this thing started!!!!