Thursday, June 28

Today was another restful day, with not too much of an update on my mom's condition.  She continues to tap her left foot rather often, and will pretty regularly squeeze with her left hand.  Other than that she just remains asleep, resting and healing.  Her black eye is healing rather quickly, and will probably not be noticeable for too much longer.  Today they removed the large wrapped bandage from her arm, and replaced it with a small wrap and a brace, as it's much more sturdy now after the surgery.

The big issue of the day was researching places for her to move to once they release her from the orthotrauma unit.  She will probably only be here another couple days, so we're looking into other facilities, as my dad mentioned yesterday.  We have developed a short list of places we're considering, but haven't yet come to a final decision.  The new location will probably be quite similar in terms of care to the unit she's currently in, but designed for a longer duration stay.

The results from yesterday's CT scan indicated that everything we can see is healing normally, though these scans can only see things like bruising and blood.  Unfortunately, there are no scans, CT or otherwise, which allow us to see whether the healing process is progressing normally for her specific type of injury.  The only way to know how she is doing on the road to waking up is to give her time to heal.

We've brought a picture of her into her room for the nursing staff to see what a beautiful lady she is.  We also played her some of her favorite music today, and she toe tapped all the way through.

Thanks again to everyone who continues to be so supportive.  It means so much to my family.

- John