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October 05, 2007
And Coming... And Coming!
Well, she's looking even better today. Doctors say she's doing extremely well. She took three walks today down the hallway to the next nurse's station and she's been off the vent for a while now. When I got here, the machine wasn't even in the room anymore! She's just on the trach mask and the feeding tube. No IVs anymore, just oral meds by pill. I can tell she's stronger too just by her handwriting. When she was weak, it was shaky and messy. Now, it looks nearly back to her old handwriting.
In fact, the doctor tells us that if she continues to do so well; if she can keep breathing on her own and eat on her own (right now, she's getting a little bit of soft/pureed food and feeding tube only at night), then she might be able to skip going to rehab. If this happens, she might be able to go home as early as next week. We'll order her an in-home physical therapist. But how soon she gets out is entirely up to her. She has to continue to do her physical therapy and get stronger. And I hear she sometimes gets stubborn and doesn't want to do it, but hopefully, General Amy can get her to do it. Today, she looks great and I am ABSOLUTELY THRILLED!!!
Posted by Amy at October 5, 2007 10:46 PM
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