Mom's Update

Courtney was out of bed for a long time today and had a very busy therapy day.

She ate oatmeal, fruit and applesauce. She also drank water (although not for the first time). Courtney holds the cup with ice - once she finds the water in the cup she spits out the ice until she gets more water. The oatmeal really cracked me up since Courtney would not have eaten oatmeal before the accident. I am determined to have them feed her all the foods that wouldn't have eaten before in hopes that her finnicky eating habits will change!

Therapists conducted the JFK test today and Courtney scored a 17 - that's a 5 point jump since the last time they did the test. The JFK maxes out at 23 so she's almost on to another test.

Courtney used the brush a couple of times to brush her hair and is now demonstrating the strength of her 'throwing' arm when she gets tired of cooperating with therapy.
She grabbed Dr. Katz arm today and squeezed it very hard - smacked his hand away and tried to grab his flashlight. So in some respects everyone is meeting Courtney for the first time!!!!

Already Courtney's limbs are looser than before the pump and that's a hugely promising sign.
The trachea will be capped - meaning that no air is flowing into or out of it - for longer periods of time starting tomorrow in an attempt to move to removing it. Courtney will also be eating every day (although not 3 meals because it's exhausting) from this point forward.

All the progress we hoped for and a great first day back at Braintree. As we continue to pray for her full recovery let's add special prayers that we will soon hear her voice as we all miss it soooo much!!!! I long to hear her say "mommy". She is starting to sigh and make more noise so we believe she is very close to using her voice.

I'll finish today by saying we love everyone here at Braintree and all agree we can't decide whose our favorite since everyone is so amazing, caring and loving with Courtney.
Thank God for all these wonderful people!