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Date Posted: Fri, Oct 03 2008, 4:07:57
Author: Beckie
Subject: Lee Akin



18 month after Leeʼs Accident


Hey there guys!!! Thank you so much for your continued prayers for our family. I must say, from day 1 doctors told us that Lee's progress would plateu at 1 year. It's a year and a half after Lee's accident and he is still progressing EVERY DAY!!! I can't remember last time I wrote, but it's been awhile. In February I ran my first marathon, it was so symbolic to the whole past year. Right when you think you're going to die, pretty sure you can't go any further, you just keep putting one foot in front of the other, keep pressing in and sure enough it passes. This race may not have passed, and may never pass, but we keep putting one foot in front of the other.
In march, Lee, Jada and I went back to Montgomery, AL 1 year after the accident. 3 doctors used the word "miracle" WAHOO, if doctors of all people can't get the glory, you know it's ONLY God.
Where are we now??
This last week we shipped Lee off to St. Petersburg, Flordia where he is doing a 6 week intensive speech therapy program, specifically for aphasia (the speech problem he has). Jada and I went for the first week to settle him in. One extra praise, we had been wanting to go on a vacation really bad but just couldn't make it happen financially and here Lee is going to therapy in Florida on the beach!
Lee's therapy is 5 hours every day!! Phew.... so far he gets back to his place pretty tired every day. I will go back the end of Oct./beg. Nov. to bring him home.
PLEASE PLEASE join me in prayer, we are believing and expecting that Lee will have 500% success in this speech program and his tongue will be loosed to speech and too tell His story. I'm also training for my second marathon this November. :-)
Thanks,
Akin Family

(Written by Mary Akin)
Jenny Drury
Nothin But Try Ranch
Erick, Oklahoma

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[> Re: Lee Akin -- Kris, Fri, Oct 03 2008, 16:12:52 [1]

Simply amazing! Beckie, thanks for posting this. I think from time to time we all need reminded that if we really set our minds to it and allow a Higher Power in that we can achieve anything.


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