Sunday, January 25, 2009

Moving along

Courtney's day was highlighted by a walk without any help - completely unassisted! Then Courtney wandered over to the stairwell door and and Meline and Alex asked her if she'd like to do the stairs. Courtney answered yes and rather than doing the practice steps like all the other patients she did a full fight of steps up and down! Next Courtney wanted to get on the elevator - okay up 1 floor - then back on the stairs and down 2 flights of stairs. The energizer Courtney!!!

For Mom the best part of the day was seeing Courtney eat real food. She had a couple of bites of Mrs. Lawson's pancakes and then nothing at lunch. Finally at dinner she ate a quarter piece of wheat bread and a few bites of elbow macaroni. Yahoo!!!! I can not tell Courtney enough times - you must eat so that the doctor can remove your feeding tube.

Everything we talk about with Courtney now is about going home. Eat so you can go home. Walk alone so you can go home. Do your best in each therapy so you can go home. We know she understands and we pray every day all day for her continued remarkeable recovery so that we can bring her home.

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