Tuesday night

What can I say, other than I'm a broken record, but we had another good day today. I'm going to keep it short as it's getting late. Again, medically not much has changed other than the Vascular Dr has approved PT. So Katie was up today and even walked to the bathroom twice, which is a big move forward as this gets us closer to formal rehab. They have been giving Katie muscle relaxers to help her with her sore neck and jaw. This has helped as now she is able to open her mouth more and therefore is able to eat some real food. They have also turned off her feeding tube during the day to help her want to eat more during the day. Which she did, eating a few good meals today, which she did mostly by herself.

She continues to be easily annoyed as she is struggling to understand what is exactly going on. This puts us in a tough situation. Katie knows enough to understand she doesn't like something, but isn't able to process the logic behind the treatments. Those of you who are real junkies of this blog will remember a very early post on Meredith's blog that basically said that "our little control freak is not in control and doesn't like it". Well that has never been more true than now.

Katie is answering lots of questions very well and her memory is getting clearer and clearer all the time. It's very tough to describe but today I saw more of Katie than any other day yet. Every other day has been fun to be with her, but it wasn't exactly the Katie that I know so well. But today a lot of the interactions felt "familiar".

Speaking of "familiar", I'll leave you with a couple of funny stories. The speech therapist was asking her to name family members, which she was, and at one point she asked Katie what her husband's name is. "I don't have a husband" was her reply (again, with a wink to me). Katie's cousin Tammie was in today for a little while today and at one point I was explaining to Katie why she couldn't do something. Of course this did not go over well with her and she leans over to Tammie and says, "can you take out my husband, I'll make it worth your while." So, I'll be sleeping with one eye open tonight.