A big leap!!!! Mom has been doing amazing lately! They found more fluid on her brain during the last CT scan and started steroids to see if that can clear it up, if it doesn’t she may require a shunt adjustment or possibly another surgery. They also found a hard to treat bacteria in her bladder, which apparently has been the cause of all of UTI’s. They started treating her with the antibiotics specific for this bacteria and she has now been one day in of having no catheter!!
But the biggest news we have to share is she has been awake pretty consistently for the last few days but today we met a milestone I have been waiting 14 weeks to see…..she SMILED!!! . That smile melted every part of my heart! She also started moving her head pretty regularly today….AMAZING!!!!I couldn’t be happier than I am today. I am so excited we are starting to see some significant improvements.
Now that she is awake, we are researching rehabilitation facilities to give her the best chance at a full recovery. We are eyeballing the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab in a Chicago Illinois as they are known to have one of the best neurological rehabs in the USA. We just have to get her accepted into their program and find a way home to the states. We definitely feel that clock ticking!!! ⏰. Thank you all for your love, thoughts, prayers and support.