Day Six - December 20, 2011

First of all I wanted to tell everyone that the person writing these blogs is me--Kathy.  Mark said he is giving support!  Everyone else is helping to edit!  Last night Bridgett's visiting teacher came to bring some flowers.  She brought her parents with her because they discovered that her father was actually one of the first people on the scene of Bridgett's accident.  He didn't see it happen, but saw her lying in the road and stopped and put his coat on her to keep her warm until the ambulance arrived.  On the scene they didn't know who she was, so she was transported to the hospital as a Jane Doe.  He had been wondering what had happened to her and couldn't call the hospital to check.  He told his wife about the accident and later his daughter told her mother about Bridgett having her bike wreck and they realized that it was the same wreck. Yesterday they told us that although they are feeding Bridgett through the feeding tube to her stomach, most of it is just staying in the stomach and not being digested. So, they removed the tube to the stomach and replaced it with a longer tube that goes straight to the intestines.  Also, they fitted her for some boots that will keep her foot flexed so that the achilles tendon doesn't get shortened.  Today they stopped sedating her and they will let her wake up whenever she is ready.  They say that her brain will just rest until its ready to wake up.  Today Bridget was really moving around a lot.  She moved her legs so much that she got one of them right off of the bed.  They pulled her back up and straightened her out and in less than half an hour she had her leg off the bed again.  This afternoon they did an MRI and after they were done and situating her back in bed she tried to open her eye and they saw a little slit of the white of the eye.  Everyone has been so caring and helpful.  Bridgett's doctors and nurses her are the best!  We continue to receive reports from many people we don't even know that are praying for Bridgett's recovery.  President Stanfill encouraged us to pray for a miracle and then expect a miracle.  That is what we are doing!  Thanks again for all your prayers!