Sunday evening

All in all mom had another very good day. The highlight was the grandkids being here in the room this evening and Steve figuring out that they could play a game with grandma. They would take turns writing a name on the nurse's white board hanging on the wall and then have grandma tell them who's name it was. It was amazing.....she was able to do it.....and I think she was as amazed and surprised as we all were. They played that for quite awhile.

Mom is still not able to communicate what she is thinking. We can tell she is very aware of what we are saying and talking to her about, but getting the words out is still just not happening. Physically she was able to get up out of bed and walk down the hall with us at her side....she continued to eat pretty well today, which is another fantastic thing.

She finally saw her new doctor in Neurology this afternoon very briefly as he did rounds. It is the first time we have seen a doctor in this new room which she was moved to late Friday night. The weekends seem to have challenges of their own when it comes to people being on duty, normal schedules, etc... We got a scare about her being discharged about an hour after her doctor had come through. We were shocked (and still are) given her current condition. With the aid of the nurses on duty and our working the issue, she was not discharged today. Tomorrow is another day and we feel like it will be another full day of battles to keep here right here where she needs to be at this point in time. Thank you all for your thoughts, prayers, e-mails, etc.....they are very much appreciated! We will try to keep this as current as we can to let you all know on mom's progress.