Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Still making progress!

She has already had a busy day. She worked hard with speech therapy and physical therapy. She was able to sit up all by herself for several minutes! She was also weight bearing better on her left leg when walking. She interacted with the speech therapist, making better eye contact and touching a toy to make it play music. Still not a lot of movement in the left arm yet. She did have a couple of very small seizures yesterday, but the doctors say this is ok and is common for the first few weeks due to post surgery and swelling. She has a vagus nerve stimulator, which is like a pacemaker for the brain, and they increased the doseage on that yesterday. They increase the settings gradually. The caseworker came in and said she will try and get the process started for going to an inpatient rehab in San Anotnio. They feel that daily intensive specialized therapy is very important in the beginning. Hopefully, we can make it work out for about a week then transition to outpatient services closer to home, about three times a week. We are still praying about what would be best for her and for our family. We still have some things to get worked out. Hopefully we can stay here in the hospital until Friday to continue with the therapy here( which has been wonderful). She gets PT, OT, ST, and music therapy every day, plus they leave equipment in the room for me to work with her whenever. We are so thankful for all the wonderful support and prayers that we receive daily. Through all of this, amazingly, I have stayed at peace. Also, wanted you all to know that Will is doing great, having a blast on his spring break. He is with my mother in law and father in law and has played with friends and cousins nonstop! We are so thankful for everyone that has offered to help with him.

3 comments:

  1. We continue to pray for Morgan and your family. It sounds like she is doing wonderfully, and will make a full recovery with Gods help. She is a strong little girl and have faith that God will continue to give her strength. We love you.

    Amy,Wes,Tia and Jason

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  2. I will pray that Lord, you will work through her and the therapists in doing these excerises (therapy) . Morgan - you are amazing and you will show to them when it's all the right time .
    God is persistent in the body's abilities . Johnston's Abilene TX

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  3. We will continue to pray for all of you. We love you. Judy & Auggie

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