A Good Day

Today was a good day...no real progress to speak of, but Lizzie is stable and that makes us happy. We went on a couple walks with her in a wheelchair, went to the toy room and had a visit from Spencer and Calli. It was cute to see them in the room with Lizzie.

Calli climbed up on Lizzie's bed and said in a really sweet voice, "I'll take your brain out for you Yizzie."

Lizzie was so tired out after their visit so we took the kids and grandma and grandpa and we all went out to lunch. It was so weird not having Lizzie with us, but it was fun to be out for awhile with the other kids, although a bit stressful. Calli is really clingy and whiny when we're around - I think that's how she's dealing with everything. Spencer just ignores the situation and tries to pretend it's not happening - I think it will be a bit of an adjustment when we come home.

On the way back Ben and I were talking about how we were feeling and we both feel sweet peace and assurance that things are on the right track and that we have the help we need at this time. Last week it felt literally like we were just wrapped up in a warm blanket and carried from experience to experience. We felt so much overwhelming comfort that it's hard to describe. This week it's like that blanket has been removed, because we can handle things a bit better. We just have an inner peace that is helping us from day to day.

Lizzie is less agitated now and is having a little less hallucinations. She doesn't seem as angry and we can sometimes tease her out of a bad mood. Ben especially makes her giggle a little. She called her nurse a "stinkbutt" tonight and then realized how silly that was and laughed. We're hoping the potty talk wears off before we go home and she teaches Calli all sorts of new phrases! I got to rock her for over an hour in the rocking chair today and I loved it. I couldn't stop hugging and kissing her - I'm sure she was annoyed, but didn't yell at me, so that's a good sign.

We still don't know when we're going home. We may be here 4 or 5 more days or another week on top of that...they are still trying to figure out the correct dosage of her meds and she definitely needs a lot of physical therapy...hopefully we can do the therapy outpatient, but we may have to stay a week for inpatient therapy.

We are absolutely touched by the love, support and kindness we have been shown. We love your visits, your texts and everything you are doing for our family - I am going to recommend to Ben to buy stock in Hallmark because of all the thank you cards we're going to be writing in awhile. My heart is just a soft ball of mush thinking of all the people, especially the little children that are praying for Lizzie each day. Life is good.