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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!
Sunday, February 5th, 2012 ~ Super Bowl 46! ~ Mom Canceled Tracy's Hippotherapy Session This Morning ~ Mom canceled Tracy's Hippotherapy session this morning. Tracy has a bruise on her tail bone, so Mom wanted to give her another week to heal. We will resume her Hippotherapy sessions next weekend.
A Wounded Pelican Comes To Our Dock This Afternoon For Help ~ A wounded pelican came to our dock this afternoon for Dad to help him get untangled from a fishing line. He was just a baby, around 1 year old, and had become severely tangled in a fishing line complete with fish head! Dad and Mom tried to cut the line free but it was really tangled in his wings. Mom called the Lighthouse Point Police and they gave her the number to the "bird lady" in Lighthouse Point. Cindy advised Dad to put a towel over the pelican's head, and put him in a cage to transport him to her house. Mom borrowed Lola's crate for transport. The poor pelican had some bruised feet as well. The bird lady was so happy that Dad brought the wounded little guy to her. She was going to release the rest of the fishing line from the pelican, and nurse him back to health this evening. She plans to release the pelican to a bird sanctuary sometime tomorrow.
Dad & Tanya Go To Starbucks For Lattes & Scones On Their Home From The Bird Lady's House ~ Dad and Tanya stopped for lattes and scones this afternoon on their way home from the bird lady's house. Yummy!
Everyone Comes Over For Turkey Dinner This Evening & To Watch The Super Bowl ~ Candy and Tanya made a turkey dinner this evening, and everyone watched the Super Bowl. Wow! What a shock when Tom Brady and the Patriots lost to Eli Manning and the New England Patriots!
Daily OM: Solace In Service: Doing For 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 through her G-tube with 8 ounces of water 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 either eats an omelet, or oatmeal, and an Ensure Plus. Then it is time for morning stretches and range of motion exercises which take about thirty minutes. Then, Tracy gets either a bed bath or a shower, which are alternated throughout the week. Tracy selects from two outfits using head nods for Yes and 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 gets lunch and dinner by mouth, pureeing some delicious wholesome meals in the Magic Bullet. Tuesday afternoons, Tracy has a massage and Physical Therapy with Dee. Mondays and Wednesday, Tracy gets Physical Therapy with Marcus. He works with Tracy on the peanut therapy ball, in front of the mirror for head and trunk strengthening exercises. Marcus uses a Theraband to increase resistance in neck strengthening exercises. Every three months, Tracy gets Botox in her upper extremities. Three times a year, Tracy gets her Baclofen pump refilled and the dose adjusted if needed. Sunday mornings, Tracy goes to Bit By Bit in Parkland for her hippotherapy session with Susan on Breezy. 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, on her boat: MV Prayers For Tracy, 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. She also receives medication at 12 noon and 6 PM, mixed in flavored applesauce. 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:
