We have some really great news to share!! Wow, what a difference the last 3 weeks have made! It is very apparent that being sedated in Portugal definitely held her recovery back because our Mom is absolutely blossoming!!!!
Here is a list of 10 of Mom’s accomplishments in the last 10 days:
1. She has spoken her first words!
2. We think she can read!
3. She has memories!
4. She can laugh and smile!
5. She remembers people (even blew a kiss to her friend on a FaceTime call!!!)
6. She can engage in conversation most of the time and answer questions using her mouth or shaking her head.
7. Her personality and sense of humor is intact completely….she is definitely still smirking and cracking jokes!
8. She even sat on the edge of her bed today without much assistance!
9. She can tolerate having her trach capped and has had it downsized to the smallest size they go before they remove it!
10. She can pass items back and forth between her hands and even tried to brush her head when we handed her a brush!
We got a call from the doctor today on our way up to see her and they are reengaging PT, OT, and SLT because she is doing so well! This lady you guys…..She is kicking ass and taking names!!! We are so proud of her and her accomplishments!!!!!
I look back 7 months ago and I have to tell you….those were some horribly rough and absolutely dark days/weeks!!!! The present day was something we hoped for and dreamed of daily for sooooo long!!! I cannot tell you how much relief and happiness this brings us….there is finally light!!! We are giddy with excitement, love, abundance, gratitude….just all the happy feels!!!!
We know there will be hard days ahead too, but we will get through them together! Speaking of hard days, we have an appointment with an administrative law judge next week regarding Humana’s denial to medically repatriate our Mom for medically necessary care. This will be the first time anyone reviewing the case will have all of the documentation and facts in front of them! This should be interesting! I hope it’s more of a hard day for Humana than it is for us….if the last 3 weeks could’ve taught anybody anything, it’s that she needed to come home for treatment….. look at her improvement!!! . We also need to appeal their last decision to not cover her current hospital bill at Harborview! Why do we let insurance companies be gatekeepers to healthcare?!
We will keep you posted! Much love!
Keep kicking ass Diana. So glad to hear you are getting better. Much love to you and your family.