Christmas Has Come And Gone

I so wanted to write a blog Christmas day but I was so busy stuffing myself and..well..that is about it. We all travelled to Jacki's on the 23rd for the big day. We left later than expected because Matt had OT at 1 pm and by the time we left it as after 4 pm. I followed behind the van and was worried about the icy conditions however we mad it without any major incidents except one. The van started to overheat and we realized the cardboard dad had put in to try and keep the van warm was too effective. Also the temp went from being a freezing -21 at Red Deer to -9 at Carstairs. Crazy weather in Alberta.
We opened the exchange gifts on the 23rd because Nolan and Lindsay travelled to her folks in Vernon on the 24th. Matt was very excited over the gift Mom and Dad gave him. It turns out Nolan was getting a ticket to see the Flames on New Year's, and that is also what Gary gave to Jacki. So now Matt and Mom are going to the game as well. So they will be travelling back to Calgary for the big game.
We tried out Matt's new mattress at Jacki's and it worked great. It is guaranteed to prevent bedsores. Matt and mom were so tired on the night of the 24th that neither one woke up for 6 hours. Mom was in a panic that Matt would have a pressure sore from not moving but the mattress did it's job. It is the first time since the accident that Matt has slept so many hours in a row. Far cry from last Christmas when he was still being suctioned, could hardly move more than his right arm, and was sick 90% of the time. At church on Sunday the minister spoke of a wonderful, not well known verses in Habakkuk 3:18-19. 'I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Saviour. The sovereign Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet of a deer, He enables me to go on the heights." Matt, you have reached heights that a year ago seemed impossible, but as we know, nothing is impossible with God.
Today Matt again back in Red Deer and has OT once again. So the break of Christmas is over and back to exercises and working towards Matt's goal of walking again. So a belated Merry Christmas to all and an early New year's greeting.