Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Updates!

Hooray!  Robin is out of the ICU!!  She was moved yesterday and after a little scare and then some more improvements they have decided that they are no longer fighting a disease and so she can be moved to the rehab unit.  She will be having 6 hours of therapy every day and the doctors are confident that all is going well.  Yesterday she raised her left arm as a reaction to her yawning, when they asked her to do it again she wasn't able to, it was an automatic response not a controlled motion.  Her left foot has also started to wiggle a little under her sheet, once again it is something she isn't controlling but the doctors say that these spontaneous movements show them that the nerves are still there and waking up and working and that now they just need to teach her brain to use those connections again.  She also has had feeling return to some of her toes in her left foot.  So basically all is going well, we are excited about her progress, there is still a long way to go but we are so grateful for how far she has come and for all of the ways the Lord has and continues to bless us all.  Thanks everyone for checking on her, it really helps to hear how much people care. :)

3 comments:

Jessica said...

Good for her! I am so sorry to hear about it! David texted (that sounds weird) Troy a few days ago asking him about it and said Robin had it. Troy said it usually only happens to kids, but didn't know details about it. Troy asked back how she was and never got a response, so I'm glad you had details becuase I kept wondering about her and hoping she was ok. I feel so awful for them! Tell them we are thinking of them and that we hope she gets better fast! Take care! (PS...I just got to Winslow for a few days...maybe we can let the girls play again!)

Treess said...

It is amazing the things we become grateful for when such a tragedy happens. Things like wiggling our toe- which we do so often without even thinking about become great miracles.
We are praying for both Robin and Jesse. Our love to you all!
The Boyds

Corri Havlicek said...

Wow, what an awful thing to happen! How did it all start? She was just suddenly unable to move? That would be terrifying!