Friday, July 29, 2011

Friday, July 29th

This is exciting news, people!! Mary has had a GREAT day!! But before I get to all this great news, I should say that the day sure didn't start out that way. At 5:45, when my mom arrived at Mary's room, Mary looked like death. She was extrememly pale, her kidneys had actually started shutting down, and she was really doing poorly. It was a scary start to the day. As Stephanie mentioned in yesterday's post, Mary has had a difficult time digesting and processing her food. And this one fact, seemingly unrelated to her burns, has completely hampered her recovery. She has been back on IV fluids, off solid food, and had been needing more blood during the last couple days. She even had her belly x-rayed yesterday to try and determine what the problem was. Well, I am happy to report that whatever the problem was, she has passed it!! She also had her dressing changed this morning on her legs, and she was able to tolerate it without being put under. Comparing that to three days ago? Amazing! She had a chance to see her legs today as well, for the first time after her surgery, and she took it quite well. She was asking the doctors a lot of questions, and seemed to handle the sight better than the rest of us have! It was a miraculous day, considering how far she came from 6:00am - 2:00pm. By 2:00 she had been completely taken off her IVs, she was eating food (ordered Wendy's for dinner), and was moving around with her walker. What a huge relief!! Thank you (again!) to all of you for your prayers and concern for Mary. I was able to spend some time with her this past week, and I admit that I was a little worried about seeing her. I was afraid that it would just be too sad. But I found it really comforting to see her. Her spirits lifted mine! She is doing so well mentally, and she is determined to not let this accident define her life. I'm really amazed at her attitude.

Tonight we were all sitting around talking about Mary (we haven't talked about much else lately!), and my mom pulled out a list of quotes and conversations that she's had with Mary over the past week and a half, while Mary has been heavily medicated. We all had a good and much needed laugh at some of these comments. So over the course of the next several days, I'll share a quote on the blog - we can't forget this stuff! So tonight I'll kick it off with a funny little thing that she woke up saying the other night, out of the blue: " Did I learn Spanish? Am I a missionary?" :)

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