The Good News Continues

When it rains it pours. This time in a good way. Mallory continues to amaze everyone each day. Occupational Therapy was in to evaluate Mallory and said her muscle tone is good and she does not feel Mallory would need to do OT. The issues we are addressing in physical therapy are endurance, using left arm, holding her head steady and walking again. Anything OT would want to address would also be addressed in PT.

Dr. Canter was very pleased with Mallorys ECHO. In fact he said it looked "fantastic", which is hig praise from him. Mallory has not had as much of a hard time with the withdrawl so they are decreasing her amount of Methadone(sp?). Yeah! They have also decided to only do continuous feeds through the NG tube from 6pm to 6am. She is doing a great job of eating so far. She is her mother's daughter when it comes to food! :)

Mallory went to PT today down in the gym. She had a great time and did well, but tired very easily. Rebecca, her physical therapist is very pleased and amazed in the amount of strength Mallory gains each day. She looks forward to working with Mallory on Monday to see how much stronger she has gotten over the weekend. Mallory will do PT on Saturday and Sunday with a different physical therapist. She is no longer on any IV medications, everything is finally oral. So far she will have only 9 medications when we go home, but that could change, we could go home with more or with less. Lucky for us she has never had a problem taking her medications.

Grandma Marilyn finally got to hold Mallory. I haven't seen my Mom smiling like that in a long time. There were also a few happy tears to go along with it. Mallory's voice and vocabulary are slowly coming back. Her little voice is still very horse but at least she can tell us what she wants. She still uses her sign language as well.

A quick update on our heart friends: Avery brought his parents in to see us when he had a clinic appointment the other day and is doing GREAT! We even got a little smile out of him. Jaden was released from the hospital and is at the RMH for a couple of weeks before they can go home to Oklahoma. Baby Tessa is a fighter too! I think it has something to do with the blue eyes and reddish hair. Hopefully she will be able to join us on the floor in a few days.

Mallory and I are very excited. Scott is bringing Logan and Madison down to see us this weekend. I am sad that my mom is going home, but Dad ran out of pancakes this morning so she has to get back to take care of him. Hee hee:). It was great having Mom here. It doesn't matter how old you are, sometimes you just need your Mommy.

Our prayers for today not only include our heart friends, families, and loved ones, but include all those graduating this weekend. We also pray for all the mothers this Mother's Day weekend. I am saying extra prayers for those Mommies who gave the most selfless gift of all. That is the gift of life to kids like Mallory. Thank You Mothers of Organ Donors!