Today was a slow day for Courtney as she started the morning off with an upset stomach. It seems to be due to the fact that they were trying to feed her to much. Courtney was getting 'food' -glucerna through her tube every 3 hours from 6am - 12 midnight. Along with us trying to get her to eat regular food it was all to much. Courtney didn't eat much at all today as a result but did drink juice and more water.
We all know how gross hospital food smells. Courtney is sniffing everything before she eats it. As soon as she smells it she pushes it aside and won't eat it. Then the smell of the hospital food was in the air and she wouldn't even eat yogurt or ice cream. This along with her finnicky (?) appetite is going to make eating a challenge.
I have let Courtney know how important it is for her to eat regular food so she can get better and come home. Tomorrow I will bring homemade scrambled eggs, Quaker oatmeal and yogurt smoothies. Wish me luck!
Courtney was speaking alot today and said "Daddy" for the first time. It made Craig soooo happy. I asked her "what's Daddy's first name?" she said "honey" (that's what I call him)!
When I asked her what his friends call him she said "Craig". Courtney wrote on the dry erase board again today. In clear letters she wrote "Courtney Eva Hollingworth" - "Courtney wants to know what else" (...she was doing before the accident i.e., school & work). She also wrote "obama" "the yogurt" "URI" "Emma".
Courtney played tic tac toe and answered alot of questions accurately today. Speech therapy is going to be mainly focused on repeating much basic information so that Courtney can retrain her brain to remember and reality orientation. Day, time, place, etc.
Courtney is now walking with assistance from only one person and we did some walking -just the 2 of us. Despite not feeling well Courtney once again showed her strong work ethic and determination by participating in almost all therapy sessions. Tomorrow we will travel to BMC for a follow up with Dr. Brown's office but so far the pump looks great.
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Fabulous news - Courtney is soooo Amazing!!!
Good luck with the scrambled eggs -will they let her have a Hershey bar? That is pretty soft chocolate. She would probably like that.
God Bless -
The Murphys
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Hey Diane and Craig, TICU gals are keeping up with courtneys progress and we are so pleased she is doing so well. This is a great thing this blogpost. Keep it up and you are still in our thoughts and prayers, Traci, Cecelia, Mariann, Bonnie, Missy, Cordy Sherry and Amy from TICU
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