Another good day of progress

My whole family talked to Mom today and she was excited to hear us. She says she is growing stronger and better with each day and is moving a little more for a little longer too. She gets up and walks some and has help with anything she needs.

She said there are 14 people on the ward where she is and she is sharing all your prayers with them too. She feels so blessed to have so many prayers for her recovery and said that it is really a special thing to have people telling you every day that they are so glad you're still here and praying for you to continue getting better. Everyone is telling her they love her and want the best for her. She's really rejoicing.

Tomorrow's surgery is not planned but they said will most likely be in the afternoon. They have taken a chunk of skin from her thigh and cultured in the lab to prepare it to placed it on her arm tomorrow. Unfortunately, they are going to put her on a respirator again for this surgery due to the injuries of her lungs.

They told her she had over 9 ribs broken and she feels them, even through the pain medicine, although not too bad. She really dislikes being drugged but she understands that she really needs it right now. She is still having a little fluid retention and swelling in her feet so they gave her some new tight fitting booties today that blow up with air to squeeze her feet and make funny farty noises when they deflate.

John said her blood pressure was slightly elevated today so they put her on the meds for that. Pray that is will be normal tomorrow and not an issue for the surgery.

Mindy is due to arrive around 4:30. It takes her two days to get here but she is 14 hours ahead of us so she leaves on Monday and arrives on Monday, or something like that. Mindy is in graduate school! She's taking online courses for a masters in library science. She can continue from here and help Mom too.

John says Mom is really upbeat and chipper and has quite a bit of her sense of humor despite her issues. She loves hearing from her friends and loved ones and she wants so much to read your messages on this blog but just can't focus on much right now. John read some of it and said she will get some printed copies to look at soon. Thanks everyone for reading and keeping up with her and especially for all of your prayers.