30/08/2025
Shawn felt a little more encouraged after being tested by a speech pathologist on Thursday. It was an extremely tiring trip to Duke and he needed help getting out of the car when we got home, but the testing showed he doesn't have cognitive impairment, but a language deficit. That was a huge concern for him. I kept telling him that, but I'm just his biased mother :) It will take many trips to speech therapy and hard work on Shawn's part. That is a great encouragement to him. Yesterday was a "good" day. He's feeling frustrated because today is not as good. Shawn said "I think each day should keep better". He is finding more words and can read a little at times. He will rest more today. So he will have good days more frequently until all of his days are good. The left-sided weakness will be helped when he can get physical therapy. The generous donations will help tremendously to get that done. We are waiting to hear from someone to repair the stairlift so when he is too tired to get up the stairs to his room he can use the stairlift. The donations will help with that too, IF we can ever get that done. Please note, when I send individual message showing the GoFundMe post, I'm really not begging for money, but for prayers and for sharing the post to everyone you know. We know not everyone can afford to donate money, everyone who is a believer can pray and everyone can share. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL THE PRAYERS, SHARING, AND DONATIONS. Everyone is so generous in so many ways. Please don't stop with the support. It really helps give Shawn hope to know others care. He had two visitors from Westwood Baptist church, his church in Roxboro, yesterday. Thank you for that visit Scott and Mike. If you would like to send a card let me know if you need the address here. Again, thank you more than words can say.
