So much happened on Tuesday, I'll just start at the beginning of the day and move on from there. Dr. Mangano came in first thing and said they were going to be very aggressive with Allyson's treatment. She has what is called Supplemental motor area Syndrome. She can't speak or move on command. He ordered speech, occupational, physical therapy. At this point, she still had barely even woken up.
By 1:00 pm we were in our room on the 7th floor. The physical therapist came in first. She got Allyson to stand with help. Then the speech therapists came in. Allyson pointed to what she wanted and drank and ate applesauce and a cracker. While the speech people were there, our friend Joyce Conley came to visit. They asked how she knew Allyson. She said she was Ally's district advisor for Rainbow Girl's and that Ally was one of her Grand officer's. She then said how special she thought Allyson was. Ally got the biggest smile. The first time since before surgery. It was amazing.
When the occupational therapist came, she and I were just talking. Allyson begin fidgeting. Julie walked over and talked to her. Before I knew it. Allyson with Julie's balancing assistance was walking to and from the restroom. I know this is more than Ally would want me to tell but apparently with the right motivation, she is determined to do things the way she wants, not the way they think she can. Go Ally.
I came home last night to be with Sarah and Josiah. I got a call from Randy saying Allyson was eating handfuls of cereal by herself. She was still hungry so they ordered applesauce and grilled cheese sandwich. She ate every bit. By the end of the evening, She was able to swallow her meds without help.
These are true miracles. Yesterday morning, she couldn't stand, walk, swallow, or even smile. By evening, she could do all these things. Life would be less beautiful without Allyson's smile, wouldn't it?
God Bless
Dana
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4 comments:
Whooo hooo! I am so happy to hear the good news. I was checking the blog obsessively. Ally is quite the trooper! Laurie
Hooray for Ally! She's quite the gal. Her smile would surely be missed.
All things happen (as we all know) according to God's plan. Ally is determined and with God's help and our prayers, she'll come through this with flying colors.
Yey! she is stubborn enough I knew she would get through it!
I mean that with love-it's what made me laugh the first time i met her :)
Go Ally! We continue to pray for your full and quick recovery. Thank you all so much for blogging, I was checking a little obsessively yesterday too. Glad to hear the good news today!
Becky
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