Sara, using her dynavox computer, has sent out her first two emails.
I showed her how to do it the other night. She sent the first one to her beloved boyfriend Daniel (naturally) and then a fun one to the first person on her address list. She has to learn how to scroll down the list and select other people.
Its pretty incredible when you think that 7 months ago this girl had a stroke and was marked for brain dead...now she's blinking her way back onto the Internet and slowly back in contact with her circle of friends.
She gets impatient because the process is slow (waiting for the machine to scan to the line she wants, then she blinks to select it, then waiting for the machine to scan to the letter she wants, then blinking to select it, then starting all over again...letter by letter...). But she got a real thrill when she got responses and could read them herself, with no help. I have to help her figure out how to respond, and then she'll kick me out of helping there, too.
But she's doing it, ever so slowly.
You can't keep Sara down....
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I'm sure everyone would love a group email just to hear Sara's voice again. Yay, Sara! You are awesome!
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I don't think the software will do a distribution list, but I'll check. KB
ReplyDeleteHi Sara,
ReplyDeleteCongrats on how far you have come.You are a inspiration to all !! Keep fighting Sara we are all pulling for you.
A friend of a friend who goes to school with your brother,
Robin Somers
Maybe she could write a short "update" for this web site. Give her own insight...
ReplyDeleteYEY!! GO GLORY! She'll be posting away on the Tower again in no time. ;P
ReplyDeleteshe's not ready to post or send out much. still early for her. She has been having trouble figuring out what to say, even for a short email. I can imagine it would be hard - not having spoken for over 7 months - trying to formulate what to write or say. Where do you start?
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