08/05/2024
It’s been awhile since we’ve had an update on Alison, but we t looks like lots of good things are happening and they are still very much in need of all our prayers!!!
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Sunday, August 4, 2024
Where to start? It has been 1 year, 5 months, and 16 days--- a total of 532 days since Alison’s accident... The first thing we all want to say is thank you to anyone who has kept Alison in their prayers and in the forefront of their minds, despite not hearing updates.Thank you to all that have come to visit, even if its just for a few minutes to say Hi, it means a lot to Alison...it's been a very tough road with lots of tears but also lots of progress. There are SO many updates on Alison’s journey to recovery that it’s a challenge to know where to begin. It is so very difficult to paint a clear picture of what it’s like living through a TBI recovery journey, we are all still fighting through the pain and loss… we can’t even begin to imagine how Alison must feel. It takes weeks or months for suttle movements to turn into purposeful movement that many doctors told us would never happen... They were WRONG, we told them that they don't know Alison. There have been days with extreme highs and absolute miracles and there have been days where she has felt completely defeated and has been very sick. Despite the almost daily nausea and vomiting currently, she continues to push through. She pushes through her therapy at home and at Project Walk and is gaining more and more movement, especially on her right side:), this is because Alison is a fighter… there was even one day when she arrived to Project Walk and she vomited and was in tears…we said to her, it’s OK to go home and rest, she wanted to push through and she had more miracles unfold… Alison is courageous, she is determined to get better, and has continued to hold tightly to hope . She is also surrounded by love and we know that love heals. She has her tough mom pushing her to her limits, her patient dad and her proud and loving brother. She has her sweet and loving Grammy, her devoted cousins and faithful family by her side. Her best friend Jaymie has never let her down and still comes to show Alison her love. She has an amazing new nurse, Mary - her nickname is Blessed Mary. She is dedicated to Alison’s comfort and healing and is an extremely hard worker. Alison’s home OT, PT, and Speech therapist and all Alisons peeps at Project Walk believe in her and push her to the be the best version of herself. She has made some new friends through Project Walk that have helped to give her hope in maintaining friendships and being able to open herself up again... And we still listen to Morgan Wallen every night while falling asleep and all night:)
Currently, Alison has pneumonia and has been very tired the past few days. She had some vomiting that led to aspiration and we're working closely with g.i., our primary care, and many other doctors to get to the bottom of this. We have spent the past few days watching movies and laying low and shes getting much better. Next week we go to Vermont to have her right eye evaluated and possibly have a glass contact that covers her eye, correcting her vision, and that will be able to protect her eye with constant lubrication. Her depression and anxiety still cripple her daily and she misses her past life… she misses doing the things that most 16 year old girls do during the summer— hang out with her friends, go to the beach , laying poolside, and Alison REALLY misses riding her dirtbike. We have got out a couple Sundays to watch Evan ride his new bike and this is Alison‘s highlight of the week, she loves her brother soooooooo much!!! We hope to get back to some NESC races soon if Evan starts racing again. Thank you to our NESC family that has given us so much support!!! We are going to try and be at the Maine Event at MX207 this year.
What we would like to ask is that you continue to pray for her because we have struggled with our faith…please pray that the cause of her daily nausea and frequent vomiting is determined… we are working on determining the cause but it is still unknown.
We have chosen a couple photos of Alison that was taken last week at Project Walk, she's as beautiful as ever🧡 Her hair is growing back beautifully too:))
