A Good Week

Its been a good week.

Some relatives has come down for a third trip since the accident. They pointed out something to me... every trip she has made there have been dramatic improvements in the movement of Molly's arm and neck. I suppose that we are too close to the situation and cannot see that improvements as a whole are significant!

On Wednesday Molly wanted to show me something. I held her right wrist while she lifted her hand about an inch or so! WOW! This was one of the things we were waiting for. Previously there was only movement in the arm and shoulder. The therapists told Molly that when the wrist and hand got strong enough, the fingers should start moving. Hallelujah!

The hospital team that cares for Molly has decided that they need to keep Molly until August 6th! Hallelujah! We needed the extra days.

And today... today after work I got home and checked my email and found a short one from Molly. When I got to the hospital she told me she was able to craft the email herself! A special device enables Molly to s-l-o-w-l-y type a short message. But this opens up a whole new frontier for Molly and allows her some freedom! It is not easy for her to type out the words. (I had already been looking at voice recognition software for her) She's working hard and will get it done one way or the other!

Julie and I are busy revamping the house. We need widen some doorways, move furniture, and maybe, just maybe put down a wooden floor.
We will be converting the guest bath into a chair friendly area by removing the tub, re-tiling the entire area to make a shower with no floor impediments and rearranging the sink without any underneath interference. We can only accomplish this by removing the door and adjacent wall to the bath. We'll work it out...
We are turning the living room into a bedroom for Molly. She wants us to paint it pink... oh well, OK!
Some men from the church have indicated that they will oversee all this renovation. This, I believe, is the church in action; showing love in pure form.

A Bible Fellowship member has donated a hospital bed to us. We are most thankful. We need to find a hoist/lift for getting her out of bed and into her chair and we need to find a rear car lift to carry her chair while getting her to and from out-patient therapy once we get her home. If we can find a titanium chair at an affordable price then we can wait on the car lift.
Molly will be in 3 day-a-week sessions for about a month. We are trying to find additional therapy time for her as she really wants to hit the training to reach her goals of becoming independent. This is true to her competitive nature.

Things are finally moving forward, and...

Yes, its been a good week!