Progress Continues!

The progress continues. Kristin is moving around much better each day and is looking better as well. She's saying a little more and even able to get up to walk a few feet away. She was even up dancing with the nurses yesterday to test her balance, of course with their assistance. This is no small task considering she just had brain surgery.


Several specialist have come to see her to check on things which include her speech, vision, balance and swallowing ability. Her balance is a little off on the left side and she is seeing double. We teased her by telling her that only means she gets to see twice the beauty in the room. This is all temporary and we are told that this will get back to
normal in time.


Later this evening the hospital will be taking Kristin for a walk around the hospital. She will do this with the assistance of a walker and her nurse. I have already given her instuctions to cover her tush in the back (smile). Though a walk around the hospital floor may be a simple task to many, this is pretty significant for her considering she has been confined to her bed for the past several days. I am confident that this is step in the right direction.


Mentally Kristin continues to be hopeful. However she does often express that she is extremely tired and frustrated. She is still getting little to no sleep and it's almost impossible for her to find comfort in any position that she lays in. She has mentioned that although everyone tells her how well she looks she doesn't feel so well. We all assure her that this will all be a memory and things will be better than ever soon. In spite of that, she still finds room to smile, and ask "how's your day going?".


Her mom has managed to stay strong in spite of her new sleeping arrangements. After telling her she could no longer stay in the room, she was then told that she could. That didn't last long as moms new sleeping arrangements now include a recliner in the hospital lobby area, as the new head nurse has decided that she can no longer stay in the room with Kristin. We hope that this will change once Kristin is moved into another room, as Kristin has found most of her comfort in having her mom by her side through this tough time.



There still has not been a day that has passed that she hasn't heard her 91st Psalms prayer. She likes it most with her big brother Kevin reads it to her. However I have promised her that I will start to read the bible to her, so if anyone has any favorite passages, I'll be sure to share it with her.


Blessings!