She WALKED!!!

Good Evening

 

Well today was a day to record a milestone on Andrea's road to recovery.  Today she WALKED, yes it was only 4 feet or so, with a PT ahead of her keeping her knees from buckling and I was right behind with the wheelchair so she could sit down, and it was between the paralled bars, but yes she actually walked!!!  Her steps were only shuffling steps, maybe 15 all told, nevertheless it is progress.  After this she was totally tuckered out.  The effort put forth was probably the equivalent of a seasoned athlete doing a triathlon or more, but it is a start.  I have been helping her stand beside her bed and it is getting easier.  It is a real morale booster for her to actually be able to do this, the last 3.5 months she did not walk at all and the previous 2.5 months before that she hardly did any walking either.  She should sleep well tonight we expect and hope, last night's sleep was better than the previous night,  her days go a lot better when she has had a good night's rest.  She is still battling nausea off and on, but they say with becoming more active and hopefully she will feel like eating more, this should all help.  Time to close again so, goodnight.

 

Thanks, Maynard