Sunday, January 8, 2012
Day 25 - Sunday January 8, 2012
They are trying to get Bridgett's meds right so that she sleeps at night. She had LOTS of very restless nights since they started the provigil. (BTW this rehab doctor has changed her from provigil to ritalin). Last night she went to sleep about 9:30 and then woke up at 1:00 and was very restless. The nurses noticed on their video that she was awake and came in and asked how long she'd been awake for. She has been up for about an hour. They gave her more meds and she slept until 9:00 a.m. It was very good to have her get some sleep. Today was a day of rest for Bridgett, as they had no rehab activities. She spent lots of time resting which is just exactly what they want her to do when she doesn't have rehab activities. She was so rested that she actually interacted with the doctor when he came in on rounds. He was very happy about that. She stuck out her tongue when he asked, shook his hand and when he asked if she had pain she gave him sign language OK sign. I asked her to count to 10 in sign for him, which she did. He said we will keep her meds how they are, things are going good. Speaking of restful time for Bridgett--the rehab people explained to us that she needs to do her scheduled activities which will stimulate her brain and then rest so that the brain can repair and recover during that time. In that light--they have asked us not to let anyone visit her for a couple of weeks. Even the immediate family is a lot of stimulation since there have been five of us there all the time. Now Arrianne will start back to college tomorrow, so there will be four of us on a regular basis. As soon as she is able to have visitors, we will let you know. For now, we are just so thankful that she is in rehab and amazed at the progress she's had in just a few days. I told you that she was mouthing words to a song last night. We have been letting her listen to her ipod for several days now. Late last night she was mouthing the words to the Winnie the Pooh song. By this morning she was mouthing many phrases and by tonight she was mouthing the words to about 1/2 of each song she listened to. She is still mouthing things to us, but we cannot understand lots of it. We catch an occasional word--love, mom, etc. We are excited for rehab tomorrow and for what exciting things Bridgett will do then!
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Our bodies are such amazing things! I found myself thinking Bridgett must have woken up, with all that she was doing. Thank you for the coma post. It helped me understand better. We are so grateful for her strength and for her continued progress. I cannot imagine how strange it must be to text to her and have her respond. We're thankful you are able to be there with her, and for this blog that we can continue to pray and delight in her progress. Much love to your family.
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