Well here we are heading into December and the Holiday Season and Jenny is still progressing beautifully! Jen had a great weekend with lots of visitors and got to spend some quality time with her mom and sisters. She now has a beautiful custom Christmas tree with hand-made decorations (compliments to Colleen, Amy, Sarah & family) in her room and is all ready for Christmas! She’s been in great spirits and very giggly lately and it’s hard not to get caught up in the moment when Jen starts laughing!

Jenny has been working on eating lately in the hopes of getting rid of the feeding tube, but I don’t know how tasty (or tasteless) the hospital grade applesauce & pudding has been. She hasn’t seemed too impressed with it. She’s been asking for ice cream (chocolate, of course) and pizza…who can blame her? Sounds good to me! Jenny’s also been working on writing and drawing, and her words are really starting to take form, although she sometimes still prefers to write on people rather than paper simply for her own amusement. Anything to see that beautiful smile!

Jen has already made such amazing progress, it’s always so exciting to see what new surprises she has for her friends and family!

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My sweet sweet sister every time i see you , you amaze me…. all the new things you are doing are wonderful..high fiving…the piece sign…lots of hugs, lots of them on you request, jen pulls on our shirts and gives all of us big long hugs and if we stop hugging she will pull on you for more….she gives kisses all the time and is now drawing on a doodle board mostly scribbles.. the other day she wrote a word!!! yeah for you!!!!!! the word was GUYS  kinda strage word to write but she spelt i right and the fact thats she doing any of thats is a deam come true she absoultly loves jokes when me and josh are in the room we joke around alot which she really seems to enjoys she laughs at almost all of our jokes and even jokes aroud her self by, throwing stuff at us or kicking josh ahhah i hav’nt been kicked yet lol…she throughs her stuffed animals at us always in a playful way…im so happy with all the people coming in to show there support to Jennifer in this hard time… and very thankful to josh who can be there every day what a good brother you have jen !! i cant wait to see you again i think about you every day and it kills me that i cant be there for you every day i want you to know how much i love you and i will alaways be there for you and hepling you every step of the way while you recovering through this hard time…… you are so strong and such a fighter…sending all the love on the world to you my love!!! xoxoxoxooxoxoxoxox love Amy

Yesterday was a lovely visit with Jennifer.  It was the most beautiful thing to see her break out in a smile, and to laugh at Amy’s humor!  Jen would nod or shake her head sometimes when asked questions, was kissing her Mom and Amy, and was even rubbing Amy’s back after a hug.  She was trying really hard to scratch under her cast, but it is coming off today (yay!) so that will be a great relief to her.   With the help of nurses, Jennifer walked two laps around the hall yesterday.  I can’t believe how wonderful she is doing.  (Josh and Laura, sorry we missed you!  We saw that you had signed in earlier in the day.)

Jennifer, thank you so much for your hugs and for letting Aileen and I see your beautiful smile!  We’ve missed you so much!  Your cast comes off today!  And you get your pins out too.  You should be much more comfortable now, and able to scratch those itches.  I was happy to see that you didn’t have those annoying leg cuffs on too.  We had a really nice visit yesterday with your Mom and Amy, and I hope to see them both next time.  I got to meet your aunt briefly too, but she had to catch a ferry.  I wished that I didn’t have to leave - but I’ll be back as soon as I’m able.  Love you, Sunshine!

Jennifer is still coming along and slowly making progress.  She has yet to say any more words. We are all sure that it’s only a matter of time before she will be saying more.  Jenny seems to be a bit more interactive, and shows that she is aware of anyone in the room. She responds well to everyone, and shows that she mostly understands what is being said to her. She is smiling and laughing more than she used to be. It is now a common occurrence that when joking around she will give a smile and a silent laugh. It really does help to keep things positive.
Jenny is now able to hold a pen, pencil, or felt and draw and/or write. So far it does look like she has a purpose when she is writing, but it is still organized scribbling on paper. I am sure that with enough practice, she will get what she wants on paper. For the time being, it is great to see her accomplish new tasks.
She is also able to throw objects at people in the room for her own amusement. So far it’s been limited to the numerous stuffed animals in her room, paper airplanes which we made for her, and pieces of gauze that she manages to pull out from her cast on her right arm.
There are always small steps to see every few days, added up they all amount to a lot of progress.

Today was a fantastic day for me to visit Jenny.  I was there for a few hours in the afternoon, she was very alert and awake.  For the first couple hours there was nothing really new, she was looking at everyone in the room, holding our hands and giving the odd hand squeeze here and there.  She was moving around quite a bit, more so to scratch her itches.  There was one point when I was sitting on the edge of the bed, and she brought her foot up to scratch (which she did several times prior), when she was putting her foot down she accidentally kicked me in the nose, of course Laura (My wife) and I both started laughing, which in turn caused Jenny to start laughing.  There was no sound in her laugh, but she was clearly smiling and laughing.  I’ve heard that she has smiled and laughed before (Amy had the pleasure of the first smile and laugh), but it was great to see it for myself.  From this point she seemed to be a lot more interactive, really seemed liked she was trying to communicate, but we were unsure.  After a bit more time of holding her hand and sitting on the edge of the bed, she started to try to roll over onto her left side, so I stood up to give her room to move.  After a few attempts of her trying to roll onto her side, I put my and on her back to hold her there, she then reached out with her casted arm, wrapped it around the back of my neck and pulled.  When she got my head down close to hers she very clearly whispered ‘Josh’ and gave me the best hug that I have gotten from her since shes been in the hospital. It was an absolutely great moment.  She attempted to say more, but wasn’t able to get anything else out.  So, she is definitely trying, and I am so happy that I was there to bear witness to this monumental moment.  I have great hopes that she will be working on saying more in the near future, and I will definitely be posting what happens on here for all to read. I am so proud of Jenny, she is coming along great.

Josh McCreight

Girl! We only met you once at the wedding, but I really enjoyed complaining with you about our sore, but beautiful, feet after that parade to and from Parliament! I look forward to seeing those beautiful feet parading back and forth to Parliament in terribly uncomfortable shoes again!

I can only imagine how you must be feeling right now, to feel alone when it is clear that you are not, to feel lost even when you know exactly where you, and I can bet you must feel like your heart could burst with all the love and support being directed your way.

Is there anything you want from the states? Any brand of candy that may speed your recovery? Some sand from one of our beaches? A palm from one of our trees? Anything that we can send in the mail is yours!

Have faith in yourself and your family, believe and know that they are always with you and please find comfort and encouragement in that!

Laura Katherine Torbet

November 4th was yet another great day for Jenny.  When I arrived at the hospital, the nursing staff had Jenny sitting up in a chair, and had her sitting for some time. She had several visitors throughout the day, which I am sure that she greatly enjoyed. It seemed that the day exhausted her as later in the day she spent a lot of time sleeping and resting. A very good thing since healing is best done while resting. She continues to amaze everyone in her progress, even the nursing staff (who are absolutely great up in the Neuro Science Ward). Lets keep sending Jenny warm thoughts and hope for more great progress.

It was such a beautiful experience seeing you Jennifer, and I can’t wait to see you again!  It was exciting to see your response to, and interaction with Amy, Josh & Laura, and your aunt & uncle.  I left happy, knowing that you are so well loved and looked after, and that there is a new piece of good news every day.  I can`t wait to see you again!

Lots of love and hugs, Annie ♥

This weekend seemed like a good one for Jenny, she had some great visitors. She got her hair washed and brushed, must have been great for her, she did seem to enjoy it. She is starting to move around in her bed a bit more; it looks like she wants to lay sideways in the bed with her legs hanging off the side.

As well, a great acheivment was that she is now moving both of her arms from the shoulder now as opposed to before when she would only move them from the elbows. She had both arms up in the air at one point which looked as if she wanted a hug, so I leaned in and gave her a hug.  She immediately wrapped both of her arms around me and gave me a good squeeze. It was a great surprise and was an absolute pleasure to be able to give my sister a hug an have it returned. She is doing so well.