Finally a New Post!

Hi Everyone,

Sorry I have been such a delinquent poster. . . but I am staying at Maria's house for a few weeks so I will be able to give firsthand updates again. Also, I think Barbara and even Maria might start posting soon, so we can look forward to that!

Maria has been home for a week now - her physical therapist has come twice, and her OT and speech therapy are due to start coming next week. She is sleeping in her own bed, taking a lot less medication, and is up and about for most of the day. She has been having a lot of problems with nausea, but we think that is due to the medication she is taking for her infection, and tomorrow is her last day on that medication, so hopefully it will stop soon. She has an appointment with the jaw doctor on Thursday, so she will get her jaw unwired then - that will be a HUGE improvement in her quality of life as she will no longer have to puree all of her food!

I will write another, more detailed update soon - my class is starting right now so I have to sign off. Thanks to everyone for your continued support - everyone is so very thankful - and thanks for reading even though I haven't posted in 10 days!!!