Martha appears to be out of the woods and back to where she was earlier in the week. A friend of hers that lives in Washington DC came up to see her. When the nurse woke her up for her scheduled check Tanya was there by her bed when she opened her eyes. Martha was surprised and perked right up. She is back to nodding and shaking her head and shrugging her shoulders to questions. She also is back to following simple commands like squeeze my hand.
Such good news.
Dave feels that there is less of a need to have someone with her all the time. But, hopes that anyone who wants to visit can come up. Unfortunately the evening is kind of short because they send everyone out of the room between 7 and 8:30. Tomorrow there will be a talk with the Dr about a Tracheostomy so that the respirator is no longer a tube in her throat and also about putting a feeding tube directly into her stomach to get the tube out of her nose.
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This progress is VERY encouraging! All my friends down here in the lab are keeping their fingers crossed for Martha. We're sending her our positive thoughts and good wishes.
ReplyDeleteLinda - keep up the good work. This blog really helps keep us all informed!
Great news. THanks Linda.
ReplyDeleteYou go girl!!!! Thanks Linday for the updates.
ReplyDeleteLinda: Thanks so much for the updates. So many people are thinking about Martha and praying for her and her family that these status reports help all of us.
ReplyDeleteLinda: These updates are great. Jeff, Nancy, Jesse and Jeremy Caulkins have Martha and the whole family in our thoughts and prayers. Martha, we love you!
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