Today's Martha milestones

Hello everyone,

Martha's learning how to maneuver a wheel chair. She's dressed and wearing sneakers now and uses her left foot to move backwards and forwards. She can stand up long enough to have a wheelchair placed behind her and she's learning to scootch to the edge of the bed. All important for mobility. The physical therapist worked with her today in front of a mirror so she could watch her right side move. And the other day the speech therapist asked her where she lived and she said "The United States of America," clear as day. And her trache tube is gone. Good thing too because she's figured out how to take off the mitt on her left hand. The other day she looked it over very thoroughly, used her teeth to unwind the velcro around her wrist and handed the mitt to Dave. She clearly said my name on Sunday and is working hard to say Dave's name.

Thanks everyone for the prayers and positive thoughts. It's all good.