I had a spurt of energy and read al your loving comments. I may not have he energy to reply individually…please know how very much i LOVE each of you. I feel your powerfu support and energy fill me3 and get me through the toughest dys.
My PT tells me to slow down, that more is not better.;-)

I played piano the pothe dy. My hands are getting back feeling and I Know, now what causes the numbness. My PT is com[pletely amazing.
I start speech/swallow therapy full-on this week so the last pieces to my healing will come quickly.

I intend to drive within the next two weeks.

forgive the typos–don’t want to install Dragon dictate until I speak clearly.

Ali got herself out of the hospital ahead of their schedule yet behind her own. She wanted to be there for three days instead of three weeks. The social worker wasn’t going to let her leave until Friday but on Wednesday when I stopped by for lunch she was signing papers and arranging for someone to come and get her. Since I was already there we left together and went through the Panda drive-thru for some real chinese food and drove over to her house for lunch. She was still using the walker a lot then. Elizabeth stayed with her 24/7 for some days. We shared a cherry kombucha on New Years Eve and her daughter Nili called her when it was midnight in New York City. She got in touch with a friend from California who flew up and is staying with her for two weeks while she is building up her strength. She no longer uses the walker and her friend made her a tortilla wrap which she was able to eat. She still is experiencing a lot of pain from time to time and gets tired very easily. The computer is hard for her to use so she isn’t doing much on that besides netflix.

I stopped in early this afternoon and Ali was sitting up cross legged on her hospital bed looking completely normal. She is able to get up and walk without the nurses assisting her. She is eating solid food, the feeding tube was removed five days ago and she is ordering what she likes from the hospital menu. She’ll be home soon but be patient with her as it may be a while before she responds to your emails cards and calls.

Ali continues to improve and has more energy. She was able to try some regular food from the hospital cafeteria today. We talked for a while and watched a little Saturday Night Live on TV.

Ali was eating again today and walked clear around the unit she is in!!! She was much stronger both in the morning and in the evening, talking a lot more too. Friends had been visiting during the day. This is the most improvement I’ve seen happen from one day to the next.

Ali swallowed some orange banana smoothie that I made and brought to her yesterday!!! So far she had just been using ice chips to work up to this and she said she had invented a new flavor “clear”.  The day before she wished she could taste mint so I gave her a drop of binaca breath freshener on an ice chip which she liked and said she wished she could have a whole mouth full instead of just a tiny ice chip. She still has work to do to build up her strength and abilities to get out of the hospital but it looks like we are over the hump on this it is a real breakthrough!!!  please keep sending love and healing to her

She wants to tell you that she is still unable to respond to your phone calls email or facebook but will as soon as she is well enough too. The hospital has a service where messages can be sent to her am not sure but it may be through their website. Two messages were delivered to her by staff yesterday which she read and enjoyed.

Shes up walking a bit and enjoying the day. We watched a little bit of a Jimmy Stewart western and talked for a while. Her friend Pam came in the afternoon and spent a couple of hours with her. The nurse and therapist were really good with her today and very encouraging and happy to see her doing better.

Ali was looking a lot better midday and was smiling this evening before she went for an MRI. She is sleeping peacefully now. Will check on her in the morning.

Ali is in recovery. This morning she was feeling sick and her head was hurting so the nurse gave her a pain pill and some nausea medication. She was drinking a little water and eating bigger ice chunks than had seen before so from my perspective she is improving slowly but surely, I just wish she was feeling better. Will check in on her later today and update you then.

Ali was still too worn out from the surgery to go into rehab today. I asked the CNA and she said it was okay to send flowers to cheer her up. She is on the 4th floor of St. Alphonses hospital in Boise if you would like to send some.