Mom continues to make excellent progress. She's still a bit tired from the blood infection, but her range of motion, strength, and dexterity continue to improve.
The big news from this weekend is the new bowel activity.
The respiratory therapist has been able to turn down the vent so she is consistently doing more breathing on her own (the vent is set at 4 and she's doing 14-20).
In general, communicating with her has improved a lot because her facial expressions and gestures are more pronounced. Because of the vent, she is still unable to talk. When we can't read her lips or figure out what she's trying to say, she simply writes it out with her finger on a pillow or lap.
As usual, it's slow and steady progress. We are very thankful.
Please continue sending cards and letters. Mom enjoys hearing from you.
Thank you!
We were thrilled to see how much progress Marlene has made since we last saw her.
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear Marlene is making progress. The breathing and better communication is so nice to see I'm sure. Big hugs out to all of you!!
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