Peek-a-Boo

Lisa is s l o w l y gaining her strength. She was able to hold her neck up today without much help. She still needs reminders to sit up, but she is getting stronger! I was able to get her to breath in her pin-wheel quite a bit today, and give her lots of massages. She loves her back massages! Needless to say, I need one after all that. I worked alot on her left eye. It doesn't seem to open. We played Peek-a-Boo with it. I would open it up with my fingers and say "Peek-a-Boo". By the time Dad came about 7pm, she was able to open it 1/4! GO LISA! Man I wish I was here EVERYDAY to help her. She didn't eat too much, but she did get down alot of liquids. She loves Strawberry Ensure Shakes. We are trying to wean her off Diet Pepsi except for special occasions, like finshing her Ensure!

Dad brought lots of cards which she LOVES! Click here for address! She opened every card by herself. Picture it this way. She uses her right arm(which isn't moving yet) to stabalize the envelope, tears the envelope with her left hand, pulls out the card with her left hand, holds it up, looks at it very intently, and finally hands it to one of us to read it to her. Her OT today said she is not recognizing shapes yet, which means her sight isn't improving. We had a heart-2-heart about it. She told me(again) when her eye starts working, she won't be so tired. I told her "Lisa, that may be true, but remember when Mom went blind in one eye?" She said "yes" and had a tear in her eye. I told her, "your eyesight may or may not come back, but we want you to try to get eveything else working in spite of that, so if it does come back you will be ready!" She totally understood and promised that she will continue to try.

The nurses are amazed on how much prayers and support she is recieving. Everyone is rooting for her and she feels it. Her room is filled with cards and gifts.