Saturday, July 30th

Another day of some pretty good progress for Mary today. As has been the case throughout this entire recovery, she is definitely improving gradually, but there are constant set backs and ups and downs. So each day she continues to be able to do new things, but she also struggles with other things. But she continues to press on. Yesterday she was able to walk to her afternoon physical therapy with her walker, and she actually walked back with a cane. Which is just so amazing to me, because I saw what she was able to do (or not able to do!) just two days ago! This morning her legs were bleeding, which was not usual. She was pretty worried about it, especially when they didn't allow her to go to physical therapy, and they had to unwrap her legs to see what was the matter. Thankfully it turned out that there was nothing the matter, no reason for alarm, and she was able to continue on throughout the day as usual. She again walked down to physical therapy, but for some reason wasn't able to do quite as much stretching and bending as yesterday. Again...the ups and downs. Kyle was able to wheel her outside tonight to see the sunset, and she really loved that. As for her projected date of coming home? I think she's going to make it home this week! Another girl that was badly burned in the accident was released from the burn unit today, and they figured that she was 2-3 days ahead of Mary's progress. They are planning on having Mary assist in changing her dressings tomorrow, so they are definitely moving toward her becoming less dependent on the hospital staff. They are also planning on letting her have a real live shower tomorrow! I'm sure she's very excited about that!

Another couple of funny medicine induced Mary sayings for tonight..."Am I at Taco Bell?"....."How old am I" ... (crying out in her sleep)"Ouch! I just got stung by a bee!" ... "Are there turkey's pecking my feet? (answered - no Mary) Oh good. I don't want them to.":)