A Milestone Friday!

Many of you know that Chelsea has been 

treating for Anorexia since August of last year.

She had been ill for about a year before that

but Anorexia is sneaky and doesn't show its

real self all at once.  But when you realize 

what you are dealing with it is a fight 

for life!

This beautiful life!

For the past few months we have been getting 

closer to a goal.  

That goal is Chelsea's 

healthy weight.

Yesterday, her nutritionist declared her there!

If you have never dealt with Anorexia this 

may not seem like a big deal.  But now that 

we are walking this journey I know that this is 

the equivalent of the longest marathon you could

imagine.  For the person struggling with fear of 

food just putting it in their mouth can be overwhelmingly

paralyzing.  I have watched Chelsea work through these

fears and break the bad habits she had formed.

We have just set together and cried.

Short of hospitalizing her and forcing it

my only option was to help her be willing to 

eat.  For her own health and well being.

It had to be her choice.

This makes a control freak like me nuts!

We prayed....a lot!

We studied Eating Disorders.

I learned that ED isn't always a person.

(He kept showing up in the literature.)

Having a team of professionals 

around you in this fight is essential.

I fought that at first.

Fear that they would take her away

for long term treatment was the reason.

However, I have found our doctors and nutritionist 

to be so very helpful and supportive.

I can't even begin to express my 

respect and admiration for them.

Yesterday was amazing.

We did a happy dance right in the hallway

of Hershey's Adolescent Medicine.

Oh yes we did!

To finally be at the place where Chelsea can learn

how to maintain this healthy weight.

Chelsea has to learn to add exercise back into the mix

while eating enough to support it

and not going overboard on how much

exercise she does.

This was her form of Anorexia.

So...this is tricky and is something you 

can pray specifically about.

I am so very, very proud of her.

She is such a strong young lady.

God has helped her so much.

Her friends are so supportive.

We are not done with this journey.

Not by a long shot.

But we have crested a very steep hill and

are so very thankful!

She is out of immediate danger.

Taking a deep breath and preparing

for the next leg of the race.

I am happy to try to answer questions

privately if you want to email

me with them.

We want to use our journey to 

help others.

beckypfa (at) yahoo (dot) com