We've been on pins and needles, bribing her, threatening her, lying to her "Wake up! Keith Urban's here!", but she didn't start coming around until late yesterday evening. Opened her eyes while they were bathing her and was able to blink. This is such a small, small step, but it's in the right direction.
So a little more awake today, BP is stable, and she's communicating with blinks. I don't know when the tubes are coming out so she can talk. Hopefully soon, I know that shit is miserable. The labs are both good and bad, prognosis good, and well, we'll have to see.
The tumor was in the language area, but up against the medulla, affecting her balance, coordination and equilibrium. If either of those things are adversely affected, especially her language, understanding and speaking, and reading, her life is going to be rough. But she'll always be my big sister, my BFF.
So continued prayers, if you will, I so wish I could be in Little Rock with her.
And this is why none of you will ever get to talk to her.
I hope everything works out for the best.
ReplyDeletePrayers.
ReplyDeleteMore prayers for her recovery.
ReplyDeleteTerry
Fla.
Still praying honey...if you need an ear...I am here.
ReplyDeletesuch damage may require relearning old skills
ReplyDeleteit will take time
best hopes for her future
Wildflower
Prayers from both of us.
ReplyDeleteThis may sound stupid but it works as a fix for speech disorders.
ReplyDeleteFind a tv or radio show that she talks at or yells at. It is very good speech therapy. She'll get agitated, want to say something, it will come out badly or wrong, but she'll hear herself and self-correct.
My wife had a deep brain aneurism, affecting her speech center and giving her aphasia. Speech therapists sucked. Yelling at "Cops" and "Chopped" worked much better.
And if she has some hand coordination issues, get some rubber sleeves from her occupational therapist to put around her utensils and pens. It helps.
Having friends like you support her is the best thing. Laugh with her, cry with her. Friends like you are one in a million.
you ARE with her.....and prayers continued here.....
ReplyDeletevaquero viejo
I'm sorry to hear about your good friend. I will pray for her quick healing and for your hurt heart.
ReplyDeleteYour friend will never be out of my prayers. I have not been the kind who uses a list, but that has changed, and you and she are going to the very top. Rest assured that your beautiful daughters also have a place as well.
ReplyDeleteKen and Miss Lisa and all of the internet friends that I have made over the years are also included as I sense a growing need for prayers for our Patriot community. I am sure that we all have daily struggles and many sense the problems our nation is facing, and so I hope we can all join together, those of faith, and pray for our nation, and for each other. I believe that it makes a difference. And I am not one of those who say, I will pray for you, flippantly. I really will.
Praying for a complete recovery for your BFF. And for you for giving her strength.
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