July 13

Melinda is doing well. The doctor ordered Melinda to stop taking her 24 hr. insulin shot since her blood sugar has been in the normal range the last 5 days. Melinda had a really busy day with all of her therapist and is very tired this evening. Each therapist comes in the morning and afternoon for their session with Melinda. Occupational therapy comes in and works with Melinda to do every day daily living skills... brush her hair, brush her teeth and getting dressed. Physical therapy is helping Melinda to use her muscles, motor skills and be able to control her body. Speech therapy tested Melinda this morning to see if she would recognize objects and she passed with flying colors. The St. used an erase board to see if Melinda could answer some questions. The St. wrote 2 words on the board with one being the answer and Melinda needed to point to the correct answer. Melinda made a 100%.. she knew today's date, that today is Monday, she is in the hospital in OKC and that Obama is the president. The therapist are all smiling and very pleased with Melinda's progress. The pulmonary doctor said they will cap Melinda's trachea tomorrow morning and monitor her oxygen levels. If Melinda doesn't have any problems in the next 24 hours the trachea will come out. Praise God!! Thank you everyone for praying for Melinda's full recovery.