4th Posting consist of 3 E-mails To Laticia's Prayer Group
E-mail 2, 10-20-10
Hi Folks....Things have been a little hectic for Laticia as of late and attached is the latest I have received. If in the event I did not show you her latest toys, I have included photos of them. Please keep your prayers coming. I hate to think what her life would be without them. Phil ...Following is from the Ghost Writer
Dear Grandma and Grandpa,
I know I have not been so good in writing in awhile. As you know I have been having a terrible time with having seizures, I had another trip to hospital for a couple days to try to see if they could settle my seizures down. I have been given a 4th seizure medicine that make me very tired. The medicine is helping for my seizures have slowed down, but I pretty much have one a day. Some of the seizures are worse en others, for if they last more than 5 min, I have to get my injection that makes me very tired. My grandparents hate have giving me this injection.
Other then my seizures I feel pretty good, I really enjoy my new equipment, I get to sit straight, able to play with some toys on my tray. When I have a seizure free day, I have a lot of fun. I started cooing two weeks ago, just wait, it won't be long I will be able to talk up a storm.
I have a new babysitter who has a boy who is one. Logan is his name, we have a lot of fun. It is fun to have someone my size I can play with. Logan is very nice to me he talks to me all the time.
Grandma, Grandpa and I just came to Ohio to see my mom's family, they were all so happy to see. I have been getting really spoiled. I had a good trip in the car we stopped a lot so I could stretch. But after being in Ohio a day I got a little sick, it must have been all the excitement. I had a bad seizure today, where I got my shot so I had to sleep all day. I'm hopeful I will have a better day tomorrow.
I really don't have much to report except I'm trying, some days are good and others just are not so good. Doctors say it will take about 6 weeks for my medicine to start working, let's hope this helps because having seizures does not make me feel well. Oh I almost forgot, I have speech therapy that just came to visit me, and they say I have a lot of work ahead of me in order for me to eat. But the good news they will be coming to my house to help me so I can eat by mouth one day. We postponed my feeding clinic until Jan, in order for me to get feeling better. Keep me in your prayers that I can go to the clinic one day soon so I can get off this feeding tube.
That is all for now, I hope to get better with keeping posted. Please thank all your friends for keeping me in their prayers, and please ask them to continue for I still have a long road ahead of me.
I know I have not been so good in writing in awhile. As you know I have been having a terrible time with having seizures, I had another trip to hospital for a couple days to try to see if they could settle my seizures down. I have been given a 4th seizure medicine that make me very tired. The medicine is helping for my seizures have slowed down, but I pretty much have one a day. Some of the seizures are worse en others, for if they last more than 5 min, I have to get my injection that makes me very tired. My grandparents hate have giving me this injection.
Other then my seizures I feel pretty good, I really enjoy my new equipment, I get to sit straight, able to play with some toys on my tray. When I have a seizure free day, I have a lot of fun. I started cooing two weeks ago, just wait, it won't be long I will be able to talk up a storm.
I have a new babysitter who has a boy who is one. Logan is his name, we have a lot of fun. It is fun to have someone my size I can play with. Logan is very nice to me he talks to me all the time.
Grandma, Grandpa and I just came to Ohio to see my mom's family, they were all so happy to see. I have been getting really spoiled. I had a good trip in the car we stopped a lot so I could stretch. But after being in Ohio a day I got a little sick, it must have been all the excitement. I had a bad seizure today, where I got my shot so I had to sleep all day. I'm hopeful I will have a better day tomorrow.
I really don't have much to report except I'm trying, some days are good and others just are not so good. Doctors say it will take about 6 weeks for my medicine to start working, let's hope this helps because having seizures does not make me feel well. Oh I almost forgot, I have speech therapy that just came to visit me, and they say I have a lot of work ahead of me in order for me to eat. But the good news they will be coming to my house to help me so I can eat by mouth one day. We postponed my feeding clinic until Jan, in order for me to get feeling better. Keep me in your prayers that I can go to the clinic one day soon so I can get off this feeding tube.
That is all for now, I hope to get better with keeping posted. Please thank all your friends for keeping me in their prayers, and please ask them to continue for I still have a long road ahead of me.
Love Ya Laticia
E mail 3, 10 31 10
Hi,
Sue, Laticia's grandmother, was requested to prepare a statement, since the case will come to court this week. She sent us a preview copy and I asked her permission to utilize part of it, to try and convey her personal feelings about caring for Laticia on a day to day basis. My days of being a parent are long gone and once again, reading Sue's comments, takes me back to the daily struggles that parents have.
"I cannot put into words the daily heartache and sorrow that my family and I endure. I love Laticia very much and I am heartbroken when I look at her knowing that she will never have a normal life and never experience all of the joys of childhood that other toddlers and children experience. Laticia was born a perfectly healthy child on July 5, 2009. Her condition is not due to a birth defect, this was done deliberately to her. Her life has been stolen from her and my family’s life has been changed forever.
Laticia is now going on 16 months old. A normal 16 month old toddler would be walking, running, talking, and playing with toys. My granddaughter can do none of these things. Laticia is unable to hold her head up for longer than a few seconds; she cannot sit up on her own or roll over. The brain damage she suffered affected her esophagus and she cannot swallow and must be fed through a feeding tube inserted into her stomach. In order to live, Laticia must have the assistance of medical equipment. In order to receive nutrition she is fed through a feeding tube for 12 hours in the evening and again for a shorter time during the day. Currently she suffers from silent aspiration which causes her to choke and vomit, and has caused inflammation to her esophagus. She screams in pain numerous times throughout the day. We are unable to console her or take her pain away. The medical resolution is to sedate her throughout the day so she is calm and can sleep.
I know that our future with Laticia will be a very long, hard, and painful road. A good day for Laticia is when she can smile or hold her head up for a couple seconds. When I’m holding her I cherish those moments, but at the end of the day it is still heartbreaking and depressing to see her in the condition that she is in. Watching her trying to move or talk but unable to because of the injuries she has suffered is extremely upsetting. Living day to day not knowing if I’m even going to have another opportunity to put her to bed at night because one of her daily seizures could take her from us scares me. I have numerous sleepless nights due to Laticia waking in the middle of the night screaming in pain, having a seizure, and calling doctors."
Sue's thoughts touch my heart. Will you join me - especially this week - in saying extra prayers for Laticia and her family? Gratefully, Phil
E mail 4, 11 05 10
Hi Everyone
Good News! The father of Laticia, finally pleaded guilty the other day in a Court.
Doing so, brings to a close the long waited court case, and avoids all the heart aches that a court trial would entail. It also enables the family to get on with their lives, and leave behind them all thoughts of accusations etc.
I would like to ask if you will keep the father in your prayers too, and all those like him, who are paying for their actions behind bars. Hopefully the time they spend being incarcerated will change their lives with the Lords help.
Laticia's daily battle with seizures continues, so please do not relent in your prayers. Phil
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