August 30, 2012

McKennlie has had a great few days and continues to make strides towards a full recovery. At physical therapy she was able to do some amazing things! She not only walked on the treadmill at a higher speed but sideways and backwards as well! She also learned how to stand up by herself from a sitting position on the floor! We are so glad that Caleb is here and their family is loving having the baby brother home! Please continue to pray for McKennlie and also for her family! They sure have a lot on their plate right now and could really use our Heavenly Fathers help! McKennlie gets to start home school next week and I am sure she will show all of us how smart and amazing she is!

Here is the info for the Golf Tournament!!! Check it out!!! Should be great fun!!!

August 27, 2012

Caleb Christopher Provost has officially arrived!!! He was born at 10 am this morning. Caleb weighed in at 6 lbs 4oz and was 20 1/2 inches long! He and Mel are both doing great and he has tons of dark hair and is absolutely adorable!!! McKennlie and Bella both were able to hold him and they love him to pieces! He decided he could not wait until this morning to start coming! Mel started contracting last night and they went to the hospital at 2:30 am!!!! We are so happy to have this little man join the awesome Provost family!! Congrats to Chris and Mel!

August 26, 2012

McKennlie has had a great couple of days! She was able to get herself out of the car walk up the stairs into the house and then walk to her room and change into her pj's by herself! She is getting so much stronger and is continuing to learn and master new things! Baby Caleb is going to make his arrival very soon! We all can't wait to hold the newest member of the Provost family!

August 24, 2012

McKennlie has officially graduated to water and drinks it all the time and loves it! She is doing great with it and is not coughing or choking! Way to go McKennlie! Her walking has also become much more stable and she is practicing a ton! They have all of her outpatient therapy scheduled and most weeks she has therapy 3 days a week! This weeks major excitement is the pending arrival of baby Caleb!  

August 22, 2012

McKennlie has had a busy couple of days! She was able to go meet her fourth grade teacher and see where her desk is! She is not going to be attending regular school just yet, but it was fun for her to be able to go see her new class for this year! She will start her at home schooling just after Labor day and she is excited to be able to have her third grade teacher Mrs. Goldsberry for her tutor! This week she also has her evaluations for outpatient PT and OT. Mel is still hanging in and baby Caleb is still hanging out which is great because Bella started 1st grade today!!! Keep praying for our girl! Also one of Chris's good friend has put together a benefit golf tournament for their family!

September 21^st at 8:00 at Glen Eagle Golf Course in Syracuse. Sign in starts at 7:30.

$60 per player and that includes 18 holes, cart, lunch and prizes.

The tournament will be a 4 man scramble and you need to get your own team.

To register or for questions please call Jake Raymond 801-549-8685. Must be registered bySeptember 7^th.

August 19, 2012

Here are a few pics from the PARTY! If you have any please email them to tyler@buxtonmasonry.com. Thank you to everyone who came and helped it was a great night! McKennlie is walking so great that Chris and Mel have stopped counting! What an awesome weekend and here's to an amazing week to come! We are now on Caleb countdown!! I think he will come this coming weekend! You are all welcome to guess! Lets see who can get the closest ;)!!!!

August 18, 2012

What an amazing party for an amazing girl! McKennlie had a great time seeing all of her friends and family and so did Chris and Mel! A huge thank you to everyone who helped and put in so much effort to make sure that McKennlie had an awesome party! McKennlie was even treated to her very own fireworks show because she missed the 4th and 24th of July! She loved every minute of it and even came inside after and raised her record on steps by herself to 78! She is such a trooper and keeps working so hard! I will post some pics of the party tomorrow:)!  We are so grateful for all the amazing people that surround this family and serve them and love them!

August 16, 2012

There are good days and then there are great days. Today was a great day! McKennlie went down for her first out patient therapy today and did amazing! She really likes her new therapists and was able to show them how much she can really do! She was able to walk 65 steps on her own today! It is AMAZING to watch her go! She is getting so much stronger and her balance is getting tons better everyday! Chris and Mel are SO OVERWHELMED with how wonderful everyone has been to their family! Tomorrow is the PARTY and we can't wait for you all to see how great our girl is doing and tell each of you how grateful we are for such great friends and family! The address to Chris and Mel's is 6273 W 5300 S Hooper! 6-8 Tomorrow see you all there!

August 14, 2012

Today was awesome! Mel went to the doctor and baby Caleb is doing great he is 6 lbs and all looks well!  Mel is hanging strong and doing awesome with all the stress! McKennlie had a funeral today for her honey bear that she has been having to drink from and she said "goodbye forever that's all"! She was not sad to see him go! McKennlie also had an all time record of steps by herself today of 24!!!!!! Way to go McKennlie! Before long we are going to have to chase her down! Also don't forget the PARTY on Friday from 6-8! Love you all and thanks for praying for our girl!

August 12, 2012

Today I asked McKennlie what she thought I should write on the blog and she said "nothing"!  Then she thought about it for a minute and said "I took 12 steps by myself"! I think that is definitely blog worthy! Okay so we are changing the welcome home party yet again. Now it will be Friday August 17th from 6-8. If everyone would please bring a treat to share that would be great! Mel and baby are still doing great and she goes back to the doctor on Tuesday and I will keep you posted.

August 11, 2012

We have the most fabulous news ever today! McKennlie is officially home!!! They came home last night. McKennlie had HOSPITALITIS bad and Chris and Mel decided it was time to bring their little girl home! They are all so happy to be home and sleeping in their own beds! McKennlie has figured out how to crawl just since they arrived home last night!  Woooohooo! We are still planning on the party for McKennlie on Wednesday August 15th from 6-8 pm at Chris and Mel's backyard!

August 9,2012

Today marks the two month mark from the day of the accident. It is amazing to think back through all the tears, smiles, blessings,  heart stopping moments, relief, graditude and every other emotion you can imagine! We are so grateful that we are where we are today and that McKennlie has come so far towards her recovery. Yesterday McKennlie said " I took 6 steps and I have 6 days until I get to go home"! We are all so overwhelmed with all of the tender mercies from each of you and from our Father in Heaven. We are going to be having a BIG SURPRISE PARTY for McKennlie next Wednesday August 15th it will start at 6:30 and go until 8:30. We will be having it in Chris and Mel's backyard. They would love to see all of the people they love so much and we know you all can't wait to see McKennlie!

August 8, 2012

McKennlie worked hard again today! She said that she has HOSPITALITIS! She was able to stand by herself and balance for one minute and 30 seconds today! Way to go McKennlie! They are still planning on coming home on August 15th and we are so excited to have them all back home!  Keep praying that she will be able to walk! We know that with Heavenly Fathers help she can do anything!

August 7, 2012

Today was another great day! McKennlie was able to push her wheelchair instead of ride in it on the way to therapy! First she pushed a big yellow lab which is amazing for two reasons. First McKennlie does not like dogs and usually will not allow one within ten feet of her and second she was walking!!!  After the puppy push she was able to push her dad the rest of the way to the therapy room! She was able to have more water today and really loved it! I think by the time she goes home she will be able to have whatever food and drink she wants! ( if she can get it past her mom ;) ) Mel went to the doctor today and baby Caleb is doing great he is up to 5 lbs 11 oz. and Mel is doing great too! They are thinking August 27th he will be making his grand entrance to the Provost fam!

August 6, 2012

McKennlie had a good day today. Lisa her physical therapist was back and she really made McKennlie work hard today! McKennlie showed her new found balance standing and she even started to step to correct her balance when she would start to tip. She did amazing in music therapy today and played some tunes on the keyboard. She is a little frustrated with lefty because the small motor skills have not quite caught up to her right, but we know they will!  Sara Jäger ( one of McKennlie's doctors from the PICU) came to see her today and was so impressed with McKennlie and how she is doing! She also brought McKennlie some hair bows for her birthday! McKennlie's miracle has touched so many lives and we are so grateful that McKennlie is willing to do hard things! Count down to coming home is on and we can't wait to bring our girl home and for this sweet family to be able to be together!

August 5, 2012

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIRACLE GIRL MCKENNLIE! McKennlie had an awesome day today.  She was able to go to her newest cousin Kate's baby blessing and see the Strong family. She had a great time and loved just hanging out and seeing her family. Then they jumped  in the car and drove from Eagle Mountain to Roy to see the Provost side! She had pizza and loved every second of it! She had a special cake that Grandma and Grandpa Provost had made for her that was covered in soccer ball rings! As I sat and watched McKennlie blow all 9 candles out on her cake I just kept thinking how blessed we are to have this sweet girl still here today. I know without any doubt that her healing is a miracle from a loving Heavenly Father who hears and answers our prayers. I can not wait for all the birthdays and other special occasions we will be able to share with our sweet McKennlie!

August 4, 2012

Today was day one in McKennlie's birthday extravaganza weekend! She started with therapy of course! She was able to conquer the computer game she has been working on in speech. McKennlie was able in PT to stand balancing by herself for 24 seconds!!! It is the first step in gaining strength and balance to be able to walk! She went to Brave today with Bella and Chris and Mel. She loved it and was able to go to dinner at Tucano's! Yummy! Tomorrow is her 9th birthday and you can bet the celebrations will continue!

VOLLEYBALL CAMP TOMORROW!

Hey all you McKennlie fans don't forget about they volleyball camp tomorrow August 4, 2012 at 8:00 am  Ben Lomond High School! $40.00 is the fee for the camp and the first 50 people there get a free HELP HEAL MCKENNLIE t-shirts! This is another great way to help the Provost family!

August 2, 2012

McKennlie had a good day today. She really liked music therapy today. She has been working on drumming the beat of different songs with her hands and keeping on the rhythm. Today they had her keep the beat with her feet while walking. She did great and it was a lot of fun! Her teachers came for a visit today (kindergarten, 3rd, and 4th grade). They were able to watch McKennlie in speech therapy and see all the work that out girl has been doing! We are excited for this weekend. McKennlie's newest cousin Kate is going to be blessed Sunday and it is McKennlie's 9th birthday! Maybe she will get the gift of walking ;)! Keep praying for our girl!

August 1, 2012

McKennlie had another swallow test today. We were all hoping that she would pass nectar because that was the goal that the speech therapists had set for her for when she goes home.  But in true McKennlie fashion she not only passed for nectar but for liquids as well!! She was able to have water today for the first time since the accident! In PT today they had her doing crunches on the exercise ball. Ouch! She did awesome! We all are praying for another miracle for our girl that she will be able to walk when we leave in 2 weeks! I truly believe that she will because the determination of this girl is like nothing I have ever witnessed before. Please pray for her and this amazing family that Heavenly Father will allow them this tender mercy.