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Monday, Jan 18. 2010

Dana reported that it was a great night with both she and Chloe sleeping past 8 am. It was a good thing because the day was going to prove to be long and hard work.

Chloe was in her wheelchair at 9:40 and she didn’t get back in her bed until 2:45. During that time she did a lot of PT/OT and speech. At the end of the afternoon PT/OT, Annette and Spencer stopped by to see Chloe. Although Chloe’s last feet of the day was to use her walker to go 10 feet to her wheelchair, she really didn’t want to show off for her two guests. It’s one thing to be learning how to walk again in front of Mama and me; It’s quite another thing to do so in front of people who she’d rather have remember her as she was Dec 1st.

She really did a lot of work today and, by the time Annette and Spenser left, she was pretty wiped out. It was even difficult for her to stay awake for the eye doctor who showed up today. Chloe has had an infection in her right eye for a week. The eye drops she has been getting may be working against the problem. So we are switching to an ointment that she will blink into her eye. Right now she has very fuzzy sight in her right eye.

So we have had a good day and it looks like we will have a good night. Vicki is our nurse and Craig is our RT… and Pat went home early. Things DO get better.

Tomorrow is our meeting with the head staff. We will have some things to address and hope to find out more about what the plan is for the future, post January.

Be well,
Ron