The last few weeks have been full of ups and downs. Our hearing with the ALJ was postponed and is now set for March….Looking forward to having our day in court with Humana. Humana continues to deny her medical claims, even at the current hospital. A couple of weeks ago Mom sang happy birthday to me….it was the most beautiful gift I’ve ever received! I cried big gator tears! She has been doing well with her therapies although she does exhaust easily. She has been engaged and answering questions. Her doctors have called her recovery an anomaly because they don’t see recoveries like hers 7+ months after injury. They consider her fully emerged from her coma, she doesn’t show signs of disorders of consciousness and isn’t showing signs of aphasia either. All really great things happening for her! She has been consistently improving until recently. Last week she had what is called “buried bumper syndrome” which is where the peg tube she receives her nutrition and medications through became dislodged. This happens in 3% of peg tubes. She went through surgery yesterday to replace that system and is on the mend from that. She also is now suffering from another case of pneumonia which has made her less responsive and unable to communicate effectively. Tonight she was transferred to ICU for monitoring and more immediate care. Our sincere hope is that she will improve in the next couple of days and be moved back to the floor she was on. As with all brain injuries, her recovery continues to ebb and flow. This week hasn’t been great but we are constantly reminding ourselves that she is still doing tremendously better than she was 2 months ago.
