A Follow up on Homelife for Katy

We've been home almost two weeks and we're so thankful to be here. Katy is doing very well. She has rehab in Stanley three times a week. We've been working with UWEC to set her up for online courses this Fall and she will be taking an writing class and a wellness class. 

She never had to have any surgery though they are going to keep an eye on her arm that is numb and if it doesn't get better in a few months, they will do an ultrasound to look and see if the nerve was just stretched or was severed and will decide if they should do something about it. There is still the double vision but they set up her Domo glasses with tape half covering the one side and it helps! She said it's getting better.

She does a lot of logic puzzles and crosswords, etc. and loves doing her speech therapy homework as well. We expect continued success and restoration of her frontal lobe functions as we go along this Fall. In October she will have another neuropsych test to see how she is improving and to get an idea if she might be ready to live on campus for the Spring semester. I am confident her improvements will continue.

In November she will have another MRI to see how her shearing has healed and to make sure all is going well. We have not experienced any seizures and hope never to have that happen. 

Her memory is coming back little by little. Sometimes she'll think of something but is not sure if it's from a real memory or from what people told her.

We are so grateful to everybody for their positive thoughts and prayers, for the cards and letters, Facebook posts and visits. We are thankful for the staff in Marshfield at the hospital and at the Ronald McDonald House and to all the people who donate or collect pop tabs for them. Thank you so much to my mom for helping with the kids and my house and plants and to Rita N for keeping my lawn from growing into a jungle while we were gone. 

We thank God every day for Katy's positive attitude. She never has a bad day, has not felt down on herself, depressed or angry. She appreciates all her friends and her family and has grown spiritually and emotionally so much.