Wednesday September 26

Well we are officially in a new routine.  Donna is doing well and is well established in her new routine of rising early, therapy all day and me meeting her at dinner into the evening.  We have great visits and she stays very busy.  Her improvement is slow but steady.  The therapys are about to ramp up in intensity but have been docile so far.  Donna eats well so her pre-hard work weight has grown slightly. This makes the therapists and nurses happy as they feel they will take it off soon. Its also good because it satisfies another of the prerequisites for Donna to lose her PEG stomach tube.  The only remaining issues is drinking thin liquids.  She has been being evaluated over the past week and will start actual trials tomorrow.  All great progress.

Donna is also well on her way to being a lefty.  With the right hand still slow, the therapists this week stepped up efforts for use of the left.  Feeling is that either way its fastest pace to functionality.

There is only one hiccup.  Donna has decided that Neuropsychologists wear her patience thin.  These are the only sessions that rile her up.   Since she is saying what comes to her mind, these folks have been getting both barrels.  More patience on her part is helping but personally I can't say I completely disagree with her.  She'll get through.

Donna is really comfortable in her room at the facility with new bedding, a softer bed and surrounded by familiar pictures.  She likes it but spends so little time in her room that it isn't the biggest of issues.  After visiting time at night, she has time to do lots of things and word is she is thumping people at cards before shut eye.  I think people there are hoping they'll wear her out in the day so she be off to sleep early.

I went to 1/2 day work days this week and all is well.  It seems to be working out fine.  With me seeing her only 3-4 hours a day I will be giving some thought to translating the blog to 1 per week.  I'll let you know more on Sunday.

Regards
Bob