Everyday brings a glimmer of new hope and today was no different. Today, Mom was sitting up when Lori and I arrived and she no longer was on oxygen! What a relief that was to see her breathing well without any help! Out of those hospital gowns and into her own jammies, she looked great!
Tomorrow starts her first real big day of therapy. She'll be a busy gal. Up in the morning for breakfast...Occupational and Physical Therapy in the morning...a quick rest...lunch...probably a quick rest and both therapies again with Speech Therapy sometime in between as well!
Many have asked if visiting would be appropriate now. Even though Mom and Dad love all of you, we're asking that you not visit yet. As you can see from her above schedule, there's not a lot of time for visiting. Any free time that she has away from therapy needs to be used for resting. On top of that, communication is still really tough for Mom.
Cards/letters are certainly a great way to express your love and well wishes. They are also more "permanent" as they can be read over and over again. They also help to decorate her room. It must be motivating to her to see how many people love and care for her so thanks for being a part of her recovery! (See the sidebar to the right for the address.)
Once again...thanks for the prayers! Lots of love to you all...
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Audi -- Mom showed some movement in her right leg today while in Physical Therapy. It is weak, but she does have some movement in it now. She was able also to do two lengths of the parallel bars walking with help from the therapist. You can't begin to know the thrill I got in seeing this progress ... All praise to God. Poppo
We are praying for LaDonna and your entire family. This website is wonderful. We will pass on the address for cards to others in the church. Sounds like today was another good day. God Bless you. I'm new to "blogging" so not sure how this works or if this will go to where it is supposed to but will try. Ruthanne and Roger Core
Gotta tell you a good one ... Monte and his family visited Mom the other night and when they were ready to leave he asked little 4 year old Chloe if she would like to pray for Grandma.
Chloe said something like this: God, Grandma doesn't feel very good and we are sorry she is sick. Don't let her get any germs and get her out of here. You can do it, we know ... 'CAUSE YOU GOT THE POWER!!!"
And we all say AMEN to that one.
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