45 Days - Moving About and Wanting to go Home

Katy wants to get out of here. She is starting to realize that there are goals we need to attain and she is trying harder in her therapies and telling everyone that she is aware now. In PT she unlatched her belt and got up so they put a back secure belt on the chair and told her that safety is one of the goals .

She is walking fairly well with one person supporting and was able to help wash her hair a little yesterday.

She asked to check her Facebook on Sunday so we did that and started to answer some posts but then she started to parrot the posts so I'll wait another few days and try again. We played Yahtzee a little and she's been watching Adventure Time that Paige loaned us and enjoying that. She's trying to read but she says her eyes are blurry so we're getting that checked out.

They are thinking of moving her down in front of the nurse's station again with an alarm bed in case she tries to get up so she doesn't have to have 24-hour observers anymore. That will be nice! 

All the biting is gone and she's not repeating herself anymore, but does repeat her answers to people. Mostly she tells them they are beautiful and saying, "That's good," and less often, "Understandable." Otherwise she talks about her g-tube being removed and going home. She is starting to try and control what she says to people out in the hall. Whew!!! It's nice to see she's aware of it and can refrain from it by herself most of the time. She does take her wheelchair over to the door and waves at everybody she sees.

Her neurologist stopped by and examined her yesterday. Some notes were that her right leg does rest to the right, and she doesn't have as much mobility in her toes. Her right hand also shakes when she reaches for stuff but she doesn't tremble too much anymore when she pushes on her feet. Her right side was where she broke and scraped up her shoulder, had the huge bruise down her leg and the laceration on her head. I can't even think about what she would have gone through that night and I'm so very grateful that she won't remember.

They'll start working on the impulsivity, memory and psychology soon, which is good. Sometimes I don't know what to say when she asks questions. She doesn't seem worried about what she will do this Fall yet but she is still not putting any relevance to time yet. She doesn't remember what her last meal is but she'll ask for chocolate oatmeal every day for breakfast. She talks about whether this is the future or not and asks if she can go back in time and not get into the accident. She also says this is a bad dream and that she will wake up.