Recovery Day 02

Hi everybody!

Sorry for the delayed update today. Thanks for your concern. We'll work to keep two updates a day coming since a lot of people were asking where this morning's update was. So, here it goes...

We have a lot of great news to report today.

When I first walked in this morning, I noticed her kicking her blanket off of her legs. The first good sign of the day! The doctor came in this morning and said things were looking great and they could remove the shunt from the top of her head as well as the arterial line being used to check her blood pressure and the IV line that was going directly to her jugular vein in her neck. So, by 10am she was tube free except for her regular IV line.

She has sat in the recliner twice today and will do it one more time before the day is over. She hasn't lost her sense of humor either. This morning the doctor jokingly asked her what she's been doing for fun. She looked up at him and said,"Taking Valium." Still the same old Sarah!

The Speech Therapist came in to see how she was doing and gave us some exercises for her to do and put her on a soft food diet.

The Physical and Occupational therapists came in to see how her strength is doing and to get her walking a little bit. They said her strength in both legs and arms is great and she walked about 10 steps with the walker and then 10 steps backwards to sit down in the recliner.

So, Sarah is doing great! Her vision is getting better too. She only has double vision in her right eye now and it is better than it was yesterday. The twitching in her face and arm have almost gone away entirely.

When this started, we never expected so much love and generosity. We will be sure to keep everybody up to date twice a day so you all know how things are going. Thank you so much for your concern and love. We are truly grateful for it! It means a lot.