Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 ~ Check Out Tracy's New Fan Page On Facebook: Prayers For Tracy
Welcome to Tracy's web site! We update this site as frequently as possible in hopes to keep you all posted on Tracy's continued progress. Thank you for visiting us and feel free to write Tracy a note in her Guest Book! We look forward to hearing from you often. Your emails mean so much to Tracy and the entire Anzalone family. We are all very hopeful that 2009 will bring great improvements and many miracles to Tracy and our family. Many thanks to all of you who continue to pray for Tracy's recovery! Please keep those prayers and powerful wishes coming Tracy's way!
Mom Rereads Tracy's Essay: BLESSED ~ Mom had a few minutes to reread Tracy's AP English essay: BLESSED . It provides tremendous depth and insight into many of Tracy's beliefs and convictions! If you have not already read it, we invite you to do so!
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 ~
Mom Goes To Hot Yoga This Morning With Keri At Awaken Hot Yoga In Lighthouse Point ~ Mom had a great Hot Yoga class with Keri this morning at Awaken Hot Yoga in Lighthouse Point. Keri takes her yoga seriously, and is one of the best instructors at Awaken! Her classes are so challenging and the temperature was really hot and humid today.
Greg Cancels Physical Therapy With Tracy This Evening ~ Greg had to cancel Physical Therapy with Tracy this evening.
Tania Puts Tracy's Hand Splints On This Afternoon ~ Tracy wore her hand splints several times today for a minimum of an hour. We are trying to improve and maintain her wrist, hand, and finger flexibility, especially after her Botox.
Tracy Is Trying To Talk Lately ~ Tracy has been moving her tongue and mouth a lot over the past several months. She has been sticking out her tongue command as well. She has been a lot more alert, responding more quickly to our questions with some vocalization, head nods, and head shakes. She also has been moving her lips more and getting some mouth closure. This is a very slow process, and is very inconsistent! Please pray that she continues to progress and that she can get her G-tube out some day in the future!
Daily OM: Releasing The Reins: Changing Others ~
Word/Phrase: ~ "Remember you are God's son in whom He is well pleased!" ~ A Course In Miracles
Goal: ~ "The spiritual life is always about letting go. It is never about holding on." ~ The Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson
Quote/Prayer: ~ "I find that when we really love and accept and approve of ourselves exactly as we are, then everything in life works. ~ Louise Hay
Featured Website: ~ Pray The Rosary
Tracy's Daily Routine
Tracy's day begins with Dad giving her morning medications at 6 AM! She usually goes back to sleep for a few more winks before Wilmene arrives at 8 AM, when Tracy has her breakfast. (She gets everything through her G-tube!) Then it is time for morning stretches and range of motion exercises which take about thirty minutes. Around 8:30 AM, Tracy gets either a bed bath or a shower, which are alternated throughout the week. Tracy selects from two outfits using two eye blinks for Yes and head shakes for No. Then it is time to get Tracy in her chair. Some days, Tracy gets Speech Therapy, which works on her feeding and oral motor exercises. She often gets some yogurt by mouth, sometimes as much as 4 ounces per day! Tuesday afternoons, Tracy has a massage and Physical Therapy with Dee and Tania. Wednesday and Thursdays, Tracy gets Physical Therapy with Greg. He alternates between getting Tracy on her tilt table for weightbearing and vestibular strengthening exercises. Greg also works with Tracy on the peanut therapy ball, the BOSU, and the balance discs. He uses e-stim for Neuromuscular Reeducation. Occasionally, Greg and Dad gets Tracy in the pool for aquatherapy. Several times a week, Tania removes Tracy's headrest and works on her head control and neck strengthening exercises. Every three to five months, Tracy gets Botox in her upper extremities. Every several months, Tracy gets her Baclofen pump refilled and the dose adjusted. About every two weeks, Tracy has Cranial Sacral Therapy with Melanie. Friday afternoons, Tracy goes to Bit By Bit in Parkland for her hippotherapy session with Susan on either Breezy or Gypsy. Some days Tracy goes for walks around the neighborhood, hangs out on the patio by the pool to catch some rays, on outings to Butterfly World, shopping at the mall, to movies, to Church, to doctor's appointments, out to lunch, to concerts, Spinning with the family, to the park, etc. Mostly every day at 11 AM, Tracy gets a smoothie (in her G-tube) full of nutrients such as Glucosamine, Vitamins, Antioxidants, Glyconutrients, and Phytonutients. Five times a day, Tracy gets Jevity 1.2 (5 cans total in her G-tube) at 8 AM, 9:30 AM, 1 PM, 2:30 PM, and 6 PM. This is a nutritional supplement loaded with protein, vitamins and calories. She also receives medication at 6 AM, 12 noon, and 8 PM, mostly to help control her gi reflux. Some evenings, Tracy spends about an hour and a half on each leg on the CPM machine to range and stretch her hamstrings and hips. She seems to relax and enjoy the motion, and enjoys listening to music or television during her sessions. She also sleeps with bilateral resting hand splints and multi-podus boots to keep her feet dorsi-flexed. Tracy also sleeps with a pulse oximiter on her ear which monitors her Oxygen saturation and her heart rate. Tracy usually goes to sleep around 11 PM and sleeps through most nights.
Check out the Bob Woodruff's Family Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury
Luca Update: Luca just had his second birthday on October 22nd! Check out the photo of LUCA SKYWALKER ANZALONE , Tracy's puppy! He's named that because he looks like an Ewok from Star Wars! Tracy always wanted a son named Luca, so now she has one! Only thing, he is the furry, barking kind! Much better since he does not need a college education! He's FIVE and a half months in this picture, taken on April 1st. Aunt Candy sent Luca the cute polo shirt and matching visor! So Cute!
IMPORTANT: PRAY THE ROSARY! (Click on the link to learn how to pray the rosary!) The day that Tracy was injured, family members received rosary beads in the mail that she had bought for them while visiting the sacred place where the Blessed Mother has been known to appear to children in Medjugorje . On Mother's Day in 2004, Mom found a beautiful pair of rosary beads on the wall outside Jackson Memorial Hospital with a holy card of the Blessed Mother! Mom believes this to be a gift from Our Lady on Mother's Day! She found these beautiful blue beads after she prayed to the Blessed Mother for a sign! Mom received a pair of rosary beads from Fr. McDuffy from Mater Dolorosa Church which were given to him from the late Pope John Paul II, who is in need of two miracles to become a Saint! Tracy is making lots of sounds and trying very hard to talk to us! During her study abroad program with Gonzaga University in Florence, Tracy had visited the birthplace of the Blessed Mother in Ephesus. She was also very close to Our Lady during her early years and well into her adult life. We ask that you please pray the rosary as often as possible with the specific intention that Tracy will speak to us soon.
"Miracles From Mary" is a heartwarming story about Tracy's uncle, who is a simple priest at St. Mary's Church in Pahokee, Florida and the miracles that occur through faith, hard work and prayer to a 16th century Russian Icon of Mary created by a monk. (Please click on the link above to view.) To view the brief documentary "Miracles From Mary" aired recently on Boston's WGBH network click the preceding link.
Check out our good friend and Tracy's massage therapist's website: EmilArt He has some very beautiful paintings and sculptures to share. Emil painted a beautiful portrait of Tracy that truly captures her spirit and beauty! You can see it on his website!
Dad brought a very special gift to Tracy from his hometown parish pastor, Fr. McDuffy: rosaries personally given to him when he had a private audience at the Vatican with Pope John Paul II. These rosaries are very special because they are considered a secondary relic, something that the prospective saint has personally touched. Thank you cousin Frank Arthur for the beautiful St. Theresa medal. She is Tracy's patron saint. Pope Benedict XVI has approved an expedited process for Beatification and ultimate Sanctification of Pope John Paul II. Please pray to Pope John Paul II specifically requesting that he make Tracy one of the two miracles needed for his Sainthood! Here is his prayer: "Prayer for John Paul II's Intercession".
We found Tracy's old files and want to share her last AP English Essay and a paper for her Biology Class from Gulf Breeze High School. This will give you some insight into how special she is and why she will come back to us. Here they are: BLESSED and Euthanasia: Filling God's Shoes.
Pictured: Tracy on Spring Break in Jamaica in 2002.This page was created with love on Sunday, February 8th, 2003 by Tiffany Anzalone. It was re-launched at www.prayersfortracy.com on November 11th, 2003.
Since February 8th, 2003, Prayers for Tracy has been hit:
