Whoops! Forgot the Camera

I know... you are probably checking the blog to see a cute picture of Cate riding a horse, because that is what I told you I would post. Well, I am sorry to say that I forgot to bring the camera to her session so no cute horse picture. In lieu of that picture, I found this picture of the kids from the summer when we went on a hike. It's not so great of me, so please try to focus your attention on the cute kids.... Check back soon!

A Father's Love

These pictures were taken on Prudence Island, RI. Pam and Chuck just bought a great little house on the island and we celebrated Pam's birthday there over the Labor Day weekend. Just wanted everyone to see the smile on her face and the love of life in her eyes. Look closely and you can see your prayers working! Please keep them coming... Since you all have started your prayer chain...

We moved a Boston doctor to tears with how much potential she has...

We started seeing a great new "behavior" doctor who miraculously just started at a practice just down the street that normally has a long waiting list and she has 1+ years experience working with kids who have suffered a brain injury...

We also miraculously got into a Sensory Integration Therapy program that usually has over a 1 year waiting list because they all of a sudden had an opening...

Thank you, thank you, thank you...

Please check back soon for pictures of Cate riding - she starts horseback therapy this Saturday!

Thank you for your Prayers - Cate Update.

Thank you for your prayers...

from the Fleury Family

August started out as a very hard month for our family, with some pretty devastating news about Cate's injury and the challenges that still lay ahead for our family. As we did 5 years ago, we reached out to our friends and family to pray for Cate and help us to find the strength we needed to keep fighting the fight for our family.

And again, just like 5 years ago, things have started to fall into place. What we needed 5 years ago were the right doctors, therapist and other specialist to guide us. Your prayers have sent those people to us again! We had a wonderful meeting with some fantastic doctors at Boston Children's Hospital's Brain Trama clinic. Cate's story brought a tear to one of the doctor's eyes and she looked at us and said that Cate has so much potential and that she is so pleased with how strong she is and how much she has accomplished so far. She, and her team, have pointed us in a few new directions and we have now added a Behavioral Neurologist (a doc who specializes in how brain trama affects behavior and what things can be done to help the brain neurotransmitters work in harmony again), a Behavior Therapist (a child psychologist who specializes in the unique parenting skills required to help kids like Cate work through the challenges her injury presents), and last but not least, a Sensory Integration Therapist (don't ask me to expain, it is so confusing I'm not sure I understand it yet) to our ever expanding team of angels working on Cate's behalf!

Keep checking in with the site and we'll be sure to keep everyone posted as to how these new docs are working out and post all of Cate's exciting new improvments!

Thanks for your love, support and prayers,

God Bless,

The Fleurys

First Day of School

First Day of School!

Ben is, sort of, holding up 3 fingers for 3rd grade, and Cate is holding up 1 finger for 1st grade. Everyones first day went well -especially Mommy :-). Ben REALLY likes his new teacher - stating emphatically when he arrived home that "She ROCKS!" and that she is soooo smart and cool. We took that as a sign of good things to come this year. As for Cate, we are just glad that her teachers survived the first few days and that, remarkably, they actually still think she is cute!!! Most are VERY impressed with her basketball shot!

But our most exciting news of the day was that.....

BEN LOST HIS FIRST MOLAR!!!

Yup! He was in the Nurses' office the first day of school because he lost a molar, which he is proudly displaying in the picture above!

He then decided it was necessary to post notes for the tooth fairy so she would be sure to know where to find his tooth and leave the required treasure.

Note over his bed.

Note posted at the front door.

Then to add to all the excitement, he lost the exact same molar on the other side the next day. Two teeth in two days! It does not get more exciting than that for a 3rd grader!!

p.s. Did you know that the going rate for molars is $3.00! Wow - it was an expensive 2 days for the tooth fairy!