July 20

The doctor came in this morning and said Melinda is progressing well. Melinda understands she will have to work hard in her therapy sessions to get better. Melinda is having pain in her left knee when she stands up and is not able to stand very long. PT decided to work on stretching Melinda's muscles and will let the doctor know about the pain in her knee. Speech therapy said that Melinda will have the swallow test tomorrow morning to see if she can start eating and drinking. Melinda said she wants chicken and chocolate milk. Melinda had a doctors appointment at OU Physicians this afternoon to review the cat scan of her spine. We weren't able to get any results from the doctor today but will know tomorrow if Melinda's spine has healed and if the neck brace can be removed. When we arrived back to Jim Thorpe and got Melinda back to her room radiology was ready to x-ray her left knee. We also missed the pulmonary doctor to remove the trachea. Melinda will have another busy and exhausting day. Thank you for all the love and support and please keep praying that Melinda will have the strength to stay strong and positive.