Cheryl, who's been blogging about her daughter's recovery, wrote the following Thursday on Caringbridge.com, the website the family's been using to keep the public informed and collect donations toward Lauren’s recovery.

We awoke to a beautiful sunrise today.......probably the first day in over a month that I actually noticed the sunrise. Do you notice it each day? It's interesting what we take for granted huh?

When we run to a refuge away from home, we tend to notice the sunrise or sunset, but when we jump out of bed in the morning and stumble to the bathroom, we often forget to look out the window to see what God has in store for us for that day. Keep in mind that God chooses each day to give you another one. We often take this for granted, until the day comes when life changes in an instant.

My heart was stirred today regarding the things we take for granted...

We often whisper to ourselves that we feel lucky for certain things, but really understanding this, is often overlooked.......

As we watch Lo getting used to the new norm, the so called simple things are heightened:

.....the amount of love we have in our lives

.... using both hands to do a task

.....trimming the hangnail that is bothersome

.....typing an email

.....blow drying your hair

.....buttoning your jeans

.....taking a walk

We got some encouraging news from doctors today, but Lo had a horrendous day of pain.......she woke up at 6am.....crying....trying to take deep breathes in order to relieve some of it.

We rubbed her feet and massaged her right arm and hand with lavender oil....and just held her close as the tears trickled down her face. The pain was debilitating......she finally laid still as we prayed....asking Jesus to take the pain away, as we have done hundreds of times over the last month or so. She finally fell back to sleep for a while.