November 14, 2016

Dear Family and Friends,

After a lot of searching and looking for bargains in our current real estate boom, Amy and Ginger have finally found a new home in Spicewood. It is a modest, but cute 2 bedroom, 1 bath on a lot with lots of beautiful oak trees, a big front porch and a sliver of a view of the lake. There is also a property owner’s park with lake access where Amy can fish and a large wildlife population including lots of deer. Before they can close and move in, some handicap renovations will have to be done to accommodate Amy and her wheelchair. They include enlarging the bathroom, adding handicap bars and replacing the tub with a shower. Since the house is on piers about 5 feet off the ground, a lift is also needed.

Money donated to HelpHOPELive in honor of Amy can help pay for these medically necessary renovations and donations are tax-deductible so I am asking all of you who have been so generous before to dig into your pockets again and make another donation before the end of 2016. Tuesday, November 29th is Giving Tuesday, all credit card fees will be waived on all donations made on credit cards on Giving Tuesday. www.helphopelive.org/campaign/8899 (this will take you directly to Amy’s campaign page)

We are crossing our fingers that you may find yourself in a position to help out once again.

Love to all!

October 27, 2015

Amy and I are driving back to Dripping Springs, TX to see the same speech therapist she saw when we lived outside of Austin. We are going once a month for several days at a time. Amy gets speech 2x a day while we are there. The improvement in her ability to move her tongue, the strength in her tongue, her swallowing and the ability to hold her bottom lip up have been wonderful. With the added strength and movement in her tongue and the muscles working in her lower lip her articulation is improving! As her swallowing speeds up and the tongue gets stronger while eating we are seeing (hearing) less aspirating during meals and when drinking thin liquids. And we’ve just returned from only our second visit. Amy’s therapist is amazing! These trips and therapies are possible only because of your generous donations. We can’t thank you enough!

September 1, 2015

Amy will begin speech therapy again in 2 weeks! I’m so excited that we now have the funds and that I have found the perfect therapist! Well, actually I found the perfect therapist a few years ago and we are going back to her. We will be making the drive back to Dripping Springs on a monthly basis to be with the best, as far as I’m concerned. Her main focus will be on swallowing, chewing and strengthening her tongue. with a stronger tongue Amy’s articulation should improve as well.

Amy has also started OT again. She was able to get in the pool for her therapy this week. Amy LOVES doing PT in the water so you can imagine how pleased she was to find out she could do OT in the water as well. Her therapist was pleasantly surprised with how well she walked in the water and how well she performed. She just kept commenting on how great she was doing and what she was doing was not easy.

Thank you again for allowing us this great opportunity to continue on with the therapies Amy needs and for your prayers and love.

July 9, 2015

Amy was recently able to pass her PT goals of walking 500 ft with her rolling walker with close supervision AND she walked 250 ft with quad canes with contact guard!!

The money that has been raised will allow Amy to continue to get PT and begin speech therapy again. Thank you all so much for your generosity and love!

July 7, 2015

Amy and I can’t begin to thank everyone for their generosity and love! Your donations will make such a difference in Amy’s continued recovery!!