Courtney had a restful night but has been rather 'excited' this morning. Her heart rate has been high and her respiratory rate has also been high at times. She has slept through the much of it leading the staff here to believe it's her brain.
Many people who treat head injuries believe there are 'brain storms' - not the kind that we are used to - but high levels of activity where the brain is coming awake and struggling to put things back together again. When Courtney is restless or her heart rate swings from high to normal and back again she is often times experiencing a 'brain storm'.
Yesterday Courtney watched and listened to The Grinch that Stole Christmas with Jim Carey.
She is a big Jim Carey fan and this is one of her favorite movies. I think she watched it 15 times last year. Someone also brought her Mr. Deeds - another favorite movie.
Today we will play Christmas music for Courtney to further orient her to the season.
In addition to the get well cards hanging on her curtain she also has a Christmas decoration that looks like a clothes line with Mrs. Claus' clothes hanging. She looks at that and followed with her eyes as I showed her each item on the clothes line.
She had a nice visit from two of her friends last night and she looked from one to the other over and over as they chatted to Courtney about funny things from the past.
All of this activity and interaction is good for Courtney in very short spurts. She tires easily but continues to make progress.
We hope that any day now they will remove the chest tube and the main line which is an IV feed going into the central artery.
Thanks to a friend who shared an Advent leaflet from their church. I'd like to share something from today's reference: 'We watch with expectant eyes, trusting that God is active, present and constantly at work, leading all of the creating toward the plan of redemption.'
We trust that God is active in Courtney's healing, that He is present with us through our trials, and that He is constantly at work guiding her caregivers efforts to bring Courtney back to full health.
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Thank you for visiting Courtney's blogspot. We try to update it multiple times a day so that you can learn of her progress. We also will give information on the challenge to help focus our prayers for healing on that challenge.
Thank you all for your support and prayers.
2 comments:
I was so sorry to hear about Courtney's accident! When Fr. Ron announced before mass a few weeks ago that a "19 year old girl from our parish" was in a car accident, my mind flew back to all the Confirmation candidates I have worked with over the years...please know that Courney is remembered by all the teachers AND her fellow students! Many prayers are going out to her AND to your family!!!
--Kimberly Manchester
Thank you for all your updates, Diane. I check in every morning and just keep praying for steady improvement in Courtney's recovery.
Your reports have been so helpful in understanding the healing process for her injuries and Les and I admire you and the family greatly for all the efforts that I had not even considered.....the movies, the music, and I'll bet Courtney loved the shampoo !
Our love to her and the whole family. Lynne Pitman
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