Christmas week HOOK REHAB gave La Donna her final report ... she has completed all of her work/assignments, her progress has been extraordinary, and she is dismissed from all other services they can perform! We have nothing but the highest praise for HOOK REHAB, Dr. Ed Haskins (Director) and his wonderful staff! We recommend it to any persons whose doctors are willing to refer them to HOOKS and who can pass their needs assessment program.
Later (next year) she may pursue some in depth therapy to improve her walking ability, but she has demonstrated her ability to walk with and without her cane. She wants to be rid of the cane permanently.
Christmas was celebrated at her house with great joy. Each member of the family expressed at the dinner table (1) some gift they were most grateful for, and (2) what gift they would like to give Jesus in the next year. Almost unanimously the gift they chose to be most grateful for was the gift of still having MOMMO with us again this year. Last Christmas she was just surviving a 5-bypass heart surgery performed a week before, and then she suffered a stroke within the next month. She is a model of determination and perseverance, and as one member of the family has put it "There just isn't an ounce of 'quit' in that woman's body!"
When she awoke this morning, one of the first things she said was "I am so happy!" The joy is back and in spite of the lingering limitations she is positive and optimistic in her approach to life.
So all thanks to our Wonderful Creator, and also to HOOK REHAB and to our many friends who have stuck by us through it all.
LOVE -- POPPO
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"Mommo" LaDonna ... And to "Poppo" Nelson ... following this Blog, fashioned by your daughter and my dear friend, Audi, has been a real inspiration for me.
Having lost my parents some years back, it has been very warming to my heart, as well as nostalgic since y'all are Hoosiers, to read of LaDonna's progress and the family support that was there from the kiddos in 2008.
I was most touched in this most recent post by Neslson, "When she awoke this morning, one of the first things she said was 'I am so happy!' The joy is back and in spite of the lingering limitations she is positive and optimistic in her approach to life."
As I read that I couldn't help but reflect on my favorite OT character, Habakkuk, who was shaken to the core of his beliefs by the circumstances all around him. But pursuing his relationship with God above all things, he comes in the final chapter of the Book by his name to say (in Hab. 3: 17) ...
17 Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19 The LORD God is my strength; ...
And that, to me, is the testimony of one LaDonna Chamberlin as well as that of her family.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to your whole family into 2009 ... <'BB><
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