Thursday July 9th

Julie and I were in Molly's room last night. The usual was going on. I was logging into Molly's social sites on the notebook so she could see who was sending what and then sending greetings back.
Julie was changing dressings on her legs and generally getting her settled for the evening.

The attending physician came in and told Molly that there are some "things" she needed to know.
1. There will be a tri-port catheter system placed in her upper chest area (this we knew) on Thursday which will require her to undergo anesthesiology during the surgery

In addition to the blood clots discovered the day before last we are worried about...

2. Molly has an urinary track infection

3. She also has a lower abdominal muscle infection (how do you get that?)

4. Her left arm that has been immobilized for such a long period of time has decided to grow a bone to cover the elbow joint and they (Drs) will have to take care with that by disolving it ! That may have been the reason she had so much trouble in rehab with this arm besides the fact that it has a couple of fractures

This news was not received well by any of us in the room. We are tired of the negative reports! We want only positive things to flow around us now!

Molly understands the necessity of keeping a positive attitude and not letting herself slip into a depressed state.
Although she cried some, within a few minutes or so she told me to put the notebook back (on the table that hangs over the bed) She was determined to get her hand to the computer and work it herself! What seemed like an hour of great struggle and pure determination (really probably just 5+ minutes) she got her hand to the pad on the laptop. Although she could not maneuver the cursor (fingers don't work yet and arm doesn't always go where she tells it to) it was a great accomplishment to do just what she did. I had to tell her to quite for the evening because she was so drained of strength and concentration. I told her we would try tomorrow night and the next and the next... until she gets it!!!

I'm not sure I would be able to keep a positive attitude if I were in her shoes. Could you? Could you get up again after all the trauma she has received hit your body? I'm not sure I would. Could you keep your mind clear of negativity, when time after time and time again you hear the kind of news she has heard?

She is a fighter! She is tough!! She will prevail!!!

We are currently sending Molly's medical records to U of Miami, The Miami Project which was spurred by the Nick Buoniconti Fund. They are doing some great things there to help cure paralysis. Pray that Molly will be accepted by the sister hospital of the Miami Project, Jackson Memorial, which shares a lot of doctors that go from the advanced research to practical rehab. Then eventually into the Miami Project itself.

More later