What a day

Alyssa had a pretty good night.  She didn't use the cpac mask at all.  She got a little fluid in her lungs when they were giving her antibiotics.  She was getting a little anxious about it.  Her heart rate and oxygen level were fine.  We talked her through it and she then went to sleep.


She had the physical therapist came and evaluated her.  Helped her do stairs and have been working with her.  She is still has a little trouble with her equilibrium, moving her left arm,  and processing how to do things.  She gets distracted easily.  She is 100 percent better than any of the days she has been here.  The lung specialist came in and said that she is doing very well.  The MRI came back and it was the same as before.  They talked about doing another MRI next week.  With that being said they all can see the improvement with her and are very hopeful that she will recover completely from this seizure.

The nurse practioner asked her if she remember the last week that she has been here.  All she said was that she remembers having seizures and seeing blue lights.  We told her that we are glad that you don't remember what has been going on.

My sweet sister in law came and watched movies and visited her.  While Debbie was here I left with my parents and showered and went to lunch and went to a quilt store.  (Imagine that).  It was so good to get away from the hospital.  I am sure Alyssa would love to leave the hospital too.  When we were coming back from the hospital Debbie called me and said that Alyssa would love some pizza.  We drove on a wild goose chase in downtown SLC in quest for a pizza shop.  We found one and brought it back.  She ate a whole 8" pizza and 8 oz. chocolate milk.  She is getting ready to order dinner.  We are waiting for the nurse to tell us if she can order from the "real" menu, not the soft foods menu.


When I left she was still on the face mask with humidty.  I believe that they had her using 60% oxygen.  When I got back she just has oxygen in the nose and barely on oxygen.  She doesn't have to have the humidty so her room is very quiet now.  She is alot more steady on her feet than she was this morning.  The staff here is so excited that she has made so much progress.  Her nurse is telling her that they are thinking that if she has a good night she will probably get to go upstairs tomorrow.


Thanks Cheri and Bertie for the pillowcases.  They came today and she loves them.  She has used all of them for her back and arms.  I am so grateful that she has turned the corner.