Home At Last

Yes Shelia is at home and starting her therapy and exercising and is doing great!
She is working on her appetite and moving all over the downstairs part of the house.
We are so grateful to everyone for their prayers and calls. we are also grateful to those that made it possible for us to be with her and not worry about where to sleep or what was happening at work. We thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts and wish the Lord's Blessings on each and every one of you.

durant, here we come!

john talked with dr. shulkin and now mom is going to be transferred back to durant possibly tomorrow! she needs physical therapy and nutrition encouragement. she is so excited to be coming home!

She's Walking

Shelia just walked 2 laps around the icu . She is looking forward to going home

Hair Day

Today Shelia was able to get her hair washed and dried and she sure is looking good.
Her hair is looking so blond! She has had a swallow study and is now able to eat and drink. she has sat in a chair for a couple of hours today and said she is ready to drive home. I don't think so. She wants Sean to pull the car up and sneak her out! She needs strength and coordination exercises and a little more desire to eat solid foods.
We are so happy and Thankful to our Father in Heaven. He has blessed us abundantly.

Thanksgiving Day

This day was truly a day of Thanksgiving. Shelia is breathing well and is alert. She is still unsure of why she is here but that will come.
She got to see some of the Grandchildren and was so excited! She clapped her hands waved. she looks so good.

FREE AT LAST!!!!!!

SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING YESTERDAYS SUCCESS, BUT IT HAS DEFINATELY BEEN WORTH THE WAIT BECAUSE NOW WE ARE FREE! LET ME EXPLAIN, TODAY MOM WAS NOT ON THE VENTILATOR BUT THE TUBE WAS IN PLACE WITH OXYGEN ON, SHE DID AWESOME LIKE THIS FOR 9 HOURS. ABOUT 5:30 PM, DR. SHULKIN CAME AND DECIDED TO EXTUBATE BECAUSE SHE DID SO WELL. NOT ONLY DID HER BREATHING TUBE AND OG TUBE COME OUT, SHE NO LONGER HAS TO WEAR RESTRAINTS ON HER WRISTS! SHE IS STILL RECEIVING OXYGEN BY MASK, BUT THIS IS ROUTINE. ALSO, PHYSICAL THERAPY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HER FOR A COUPLE DAYS NOW, AND SHE IS ABLE TO GET OUT OF BED INTO HER CHAIR. SHE IS VERY ALERT AND CAN MOVE HER ARMS AND LEGS AROUND, SHE IS A WIGGLE WORM!! EVERYDAY SHE KEEPS IMPROVING SO MUCH. PLEASE KEEP PRAYING AND HOPEFULLY SHE WILL BE IN A REGULAR HOSPITAL ROOM BY NEXT WEEK!!!!

what a day!

the morning started off very rough with vent training because she was coughing a lot and had copious amounts of secretions needing suctioning. she began to get extremely restless and anxious, so the nurse let her rest on the vent after this rough start!! about 2:30 the vent mode was switched back to cpap and continued on until about 10:00, she did awesome this round. she is very strong and wants to get this tube out and get out of bed, so we know she is not giving up, we are just getting started.