Day 13 - December 27, 2011

Today they started Bridgett on the Provigil.  She had two doses and then the sedative tonight. The doctors said they don't know how soon she will react to it--everyone is different.  Today when the doctor came in he told me that she is progressing along just how they expect her to.  He told me to talk to her as much as we can.  You know, you kind of run out of things to say over the space of the entire day!  So, I asked if we can read to her and he said yes that would be great.  He told me to tell her often that she was in a wreck, that she is in the Provo hospital and that she is getting better all the time and going to be just fine.  He said that this will comfort her so that when she wakes up she will not be confused or afraid.  So, today we started reading books to her when her eyes are open and not reading or talking when her eyes are closed.   Arrianne is reading one book to her when she is in there and I am reading a different book to her.  Stephany, Jenn and Tyler have been in when she's had her eyes closed or during "sleep hours" when the lights are off. They are talking to us about moving her to LTAC (Long Term Acute Care) until she is awake and ready to start rehab.  With everything going on right now (Mark gone and the funeral coming up) it's hard to decide what to do about this so they agreed to put off the decision until the first of the week.  Three times today they sat Bridgett up, for two hours each.  Also today I asked Bridgett to close her eyes if she could hear me and she closed her eyes.  Arrianne was just telling me that she was reading to Bridgett  and Bridgett had closed her eyes.  She decided to finish the chapter and was startled when she looked up to see Bridgett starring at her without blinking (often she just has her eyes open and doesn't blink at all and it's kind of a weird thing to see her just starring like that).  Anyway, Arrianne looked at her and said Bridgett blink your eyes and she did!