A Very Special Guest Blogger Today

As many of you know, they've been letting Katy use a computer for a few times a day to go on Facebook and check in with everybody. She has been coming along amazingly well; I cannot express my gratitude in words that would be worthy of its depth.

She has a goal of August 19th to go home. She came up with that herself and many of the staff say it's good to have a goal. She has them list out what things she needs to accomplish first and she works just as hard as she can to obtain those goals. She is very cooperative with everybody and understands everything they ask will help her.

She told us her eyes are blurry. Once when we were walking, she said it's blurry, and I asked, "Everything?" She said, "Just the things I look at." We both had a great laugh over that one. She actually has double vision still. They have her wear a patch over each eye and switch it but they do say that will correct itself.

She also has pain in her right leg and right arm that is still bothering her but physically she has done so well. She's done remarkably well in her cognitive healing. They have her do math and puzzles and some writing every day. She has been practicing in a book, writing letters to people, until she was able to use the computer and now she's practicing on that. She's also reading a book herself.

We got to walk to Subway together to have dinner. Hopefully soon she won't even need a sitter at night. She probably doesn't now but they have to wait for approval on Monday. On Thursday they usually meet on her case. This Thursday Katy would like to go to the meeting. Hopefully we'll be able to start the neuro therapy this week to begin the process of life afterward.

Here is Katy's first guest blog. I am going to type out exactly what she wrote so when you see that I'm 20, that's her being her charming self. She tells everybody who comes in the room that her mom's 20:

Hello everyone! Thanks for reading my mom's blog :) She is still 20.

I'm aware of everything now, whether it was my mom's really good lemonade, classical music, or The Hunger Games, or a combination of the 3, that I'm aware of everything now. I thought this was a dream, then the past, then the future for a while, but I am convinced myself now that I'm happier here than I was, this is a better life I have created. Ben Deml is really nice AND a great boyfriend.

Sorry that I scared all of you then went into a coma/stupor. Sorry that Austin and I got into an accident. I'm getting a Grand Prix next. I will miss everyone here. Getting popsicles too.

Love, Katy