2012 02 15 Wednesday February 15 -- evening update

Post date: Feb 16, 2012 3:42:43 AM

Martha's night nurse has a similar report as from the previous shift; Martha is mostly sleeping, but will awaken when roused and give appropriate one- or two-word responses. They are not seeing any signs of additional seizures, so that means she can continue to heal. The nurse told me she cannot make any official prediction for release from ICU, but the Conway Regional Rehab nurse will come by tomorrow to make an evaluation. SO if everything else checks out she could move to Conway as early as Friday, but we cannot count on it at this point.

Amanda's day was mostly good, but she was encouraged by her improvement and pushed herself too much and then felt sicker again. As hard as it is for her, she will have to be very gentle on herself for quite a long time. I believe it will be very helpful when she can see her mother without the additional stress of a 30-mile drive, so we are hoping Martha gets out of ICU very soon.