Tuesday April 7, 2009

No rest for the weary! Today was another busy day for Lisa. She had Physical Therapy twice today. In the morning she did her exercises then got out of bed (with lots of help) and sat in a wheelchair for 30 minutes. In the afternoon, she got into the wheelchair again, but this time got to go for a ride to the rehab center where she was able to stand 3 times with the help of the therapists and the parallel bars. She also had Occupational Therapy with some weight lifting and she had Speech Therapy as well. She continues to push hard and is making progress every day.

Thank you for all the positive thought and for your support and prayers as well.

Jim, Josh and Melissa

Monday April 6, 2009

Today was a busy day for Lisa. She had Physical Therapy twice , Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy. She was able to stand twice and do lots of exercises. She did a little weight lifting as well. She is plenty tired but did well with all of the therapies. she is gaining strength daily and remains in good spirits.

Thank you for the prayers and support.

Jim, Josh and Melissa

Sunday April 5, 2009

No rest for Lisa today. She changed rooms this morning so she now has a private room. She also had Physical and Occupational Therapy today. Today she was able to brush her teeth and put on make-up which really made her feel good. She is still munching away on the ice chips but no food yet.

Thank you for your continued support and prayers.

Jim, Josh and Melissa

Saturday April 04, 2009

Today was pretty much dedicated to the move. Lisa spent the morning getting ready for the move and so no Physical or Occupational Therapy. The move happened at 2pm and went very smoothly. The remainder of the afternoon was spent settling in to the new facility and going through a variety of assessments as well as speech therapy. Tomorrow Physical Therapy will assess where she is at physically and develop a preliminary timeline for getting her ready to go home.

Thank you for the continued support, encouragement an prayers.

Jim, Josh and Melissa

Friday, April 3, 2009

Today, the physical therapists helped mom get into a wheel chair and let her cause a commotion as she wheeled herself around the room.

The procedure to remove the tube from her nose and place it in her stomach was successful, and she is now resting as the sedatives work their way out of her system.

The plan is to move mom to another unit within the hospital tomorrow that specializes in rapid recovery. From what we understand, she will have a rigorous physical therapy routine to keep up with.

As always, thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers!

Melissa and the Fam

Thursday April 02, 2009

Another good day for Lisa today. She had Speech and Physical Therapy today. She now feeds herself ice chips to practice swallowing and is showing improvement. She also stood-up briefly twice today with the assistance of her therapists and the sat in her chair for 30 minutes. Tomorrow morning the Doctor will insert the PEG tube and if all goes well she will transfer out of the respiratory hospital on Saturday into the Transitional Care Unit where they will focus on building her strength. Another step in the right direction!

Thank you for your support and prayers.

Jim, Josh and Melissa

Wednesday April 1, 2009

A good day today for Lisa. No Physical Therapy, however she did sit in her chair for over an hour today. She did have Speech Therapy today and she is now able to have ice chips a often as she likes (within reason of course). They will Insert the PEG tube directly into her stomach on Friday which will allow them to remove the NG tube in her nose. This should be much more comfortable for her and hopefully will make it easier to progress with swallowing.

We continue to appreciate the encouragement, prayers and support.

Jim and the Kids