Update on Monica

I received an email update about Monica this morning:

I spoke to Tina this weekend and have good new to report. Monica was moved to a
private room this weekend and she and Tina both feel much better. She has been
fitted with braces for her legs and they put her in a machine that slowly moves
her legs to help bring back flexibility. She sat up yesterday for about 10
minutes and will continue to do that adding minutes daily. Her fever has been
very manageable and her lung function is improving all the time. She does
breathing treatments and exercises frequently and continues to get
stronger.
If all goes well, they hope to move her to Menorah Medical Center
(119th & Nall) by Wednesday to get her into their re-hab program. OPRC
doesn't have a real "in-patient" re-hab department so the Orthopedic Docs at
Menorah will take over from there.
She still has a long road ahead of her but
things continue to improve and she seems to be in good spirits. Tina said just
moving to a private room felt like a weight was lifted off her shoulders. She
really sounded good on the phone yesterday and spoke really positively.

And I ran into my 7th grade teacher Mrs. Turner today at Raymore Wal-Mart... it was weird to see her there. It was also really hard to tell her that I am a single mom. I don't know why it was; I've never really had a problem with it before. But it really got to me this time. I wanted to cry. But she is so sweet and gave me a big hug... I hadn't seen her since my brother graduated from 8th grade in '01. It was a real flash back to slacks and skirts and those akward years of trying to fit in.

PS-- Check out my photo albumn for Hannah's bridle pictures!! :)