Standing up!

Wow - today has been a really good day! First thing this morning her nurse told me she was having a good day - and it has continued! :)

She was wide awake and talking with us for hours this morning. Okay mostly listening to me ramble - but she was participating in the conversations. I told her today that I have to talk a lot so I can limit how many words I have to lip read from her. LOL It is really challenging when she tries to start up a new subject...

They have had her on the oxygen shield all day today - hopefully tomorrow they will try to cap the trach so that she can try to talk. It will take a lot of effort on her part - so I told her that she needs to think about what she wants to say - she may only have enough energy for a little bit of talking.

They decided to go ahead and do dialysis again today - she is holding extra fluid in her legs. The doctor said it may take a few days to get that resolved.

She is continuing to be fed by both IV and stomach feeding tube, so she is getting lots of fluids. Her stomach and intestines seem to be working fine, no bleeding - yeah!

Physical therapy came in today and got her sitting up in the chair for quite a while and then stood her up 2 separate times for about 1 minute each time. They are supporting her - but the nurse told me that the second time up she could tell that she was taking on a little bit of the weight herself.

I was surprised that she was still awake and wanting to converse after all of that - but she was!

It has been a long time since they have been able to get her into a standing position - this was very exciting to hear about!!!

Please continue to pray for her strength and patience.