Hello all…just wanted to leave a quick update. Wendy has been having PT/OT/ST yesterday and today. Speech Therapy didnt actually come until today to evaluate Wendy. Matt said from what they saw, the one thing they think is that her speech should come back and that there is no irreversible damage as far as her speech is concerned, rather it is due to the vent being in for so long. PT and OT have worked on several things already to get her out of bed and up into a standing seat. This will allow her sit and then it can be adjusted into a standing position while being strapped in. Matt said he can already see some progress with her head control. He said they gave her a shower today, which is the first one she has had since this all happened. He said she really seemed to enjoy it when they laid her head back and washed her hair!! He said she did have some progress with speech therapy, but she does have some confusion with certain things. One thing for certain when she does say something is that she wants to go home!!! Matt said she has been trying to pull a fast one on him after he has been gone for lunch or dinner. He says that when he comes back she tells him that the doctors or nurses have been in and said “I can go home, so take me home!” We found this quite humorous. She has already had several visitors. We made it up last night, along with Jess’ parents, on the Harley’s…we got caught in one heck of a storm on the way home!! A couple other visitors were Pastor Darren, and our new Associate Pastor Aaron Thomas. Matt told us one of the things that the the therapists told the pastors was asking them to ignore certain things in the future during rehab as far as her speech. They say that the first clear words that typically come our are curse words because of the frustration and hard work!! Needless to say, this is going to be an interesting experience. Wendy will also get some visitors tomorrow as well. These visitors dont know this yet, but Kylee informed us “Im staying with Uncle Bryan and Jessica!” Taryn ended up going back home with Mom. I will surprise them by taking them to see Mommy tomorrow afternoon for the first time at HealthSouth. We have to be careful, though, because Taryn said that since Mommy is getting to wear normal cloths, then they can take her home now. this could mean that Wendy will be teaming up with Taryn to try and convince us to taker her home!!! Well, I will end for tonight. May you all have a blessed evening and continue praying please.

Bryan