Thursday morning update on Sophia

Sophia's aunt sent the following this morning:

Yesterday Sophia did very well with her physical therapist. She’s a little fighter, follows directions and tries hard. They worked on keeping her head up, on trying to have her sit down by herself and they had her standing up, while holding her, to start building up muscles and strength. One thing Veronica and Scott found out yesterday was that she had been on a high dose of steroids to prevent swelling of the brain and that sometimes that makes patients hallucinate. We are hoping that this was the cause of most of the delusional states and that they will start getting better as she’s weaning off those steroids. The highlight of the day? In the middle of her in and out of reality state, Sophia recited the following: “PROVERBS 20:11 – Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right”. It sure warmed up everyone’s heart, and I know that this is making Mrs. Fritschle’s smile (Sophia’s first grade teacher from Cole Valley Christian that taught her the verse). It was also wonderful to hear her mumbling Christian songs that she knows from listening to KTSY :). Please continue praying for her eye sight. That is one of the areas that we need to wait and see. Scott and Veronica would also appreciate prayers for the hallucinations to get better as the steroids wean off. Let’s also pray that she starts eating better (right now she is on a feeding tube). And as always, for Scott, Veronica and Matias, for their strength and patience to endure the slow and long road ahead, and for the doctors and nurses that are so lovingly taking care of Sophia. Thank you again! God bless each and every one of you. Daniela


P.S. Thank you for all your emails and phone calls. I may not be able to respond individually but I read them all late and night, and the ones to Veronica and Scott I print them and take them to the hospital. If you are waiting for an answer from me, don’t hesitate to write back, I usually get so many emails that I may wait to respond later and maybe forget :(!

If you would like to send an email to the family, I'll forward it. They are putting them in a book for Sophia. It strengthens the family quite a bit to receive these. God bless you!
Mark