Wednesday (day 125)

Good evening all. Shawna seems to enjoy her new surroundings. Its quite a bit busier than the private room we had in Dunnville. She is in a ward with two other ladies. She seems to be resting enough though. Today she was awake all day except for two 10 min catnaps. They have all kinds of therapists here. There is a huge list posted by her bed of all the drs and therapists who will work with her. The first day for assesments they stood her up for quite a while and she was very alert. When they put her feet on a pedal bike and turned it she was smiling immensely for the 10 mins she was pedaling. They work with her eyes, speech, limbs and emotional aspects. Each day they have a talk session with the 5 patients in her program telling them what day it is etc and just talking to them for about a half hour. Some days their therapy is a trip to the mall, theatre or park. When I asked Shawna if she liked her new surroundings she promptly smiled, and tried to talk. We see a lot more of her smiles now and that is something we are very thankful for. At times it is overwhelming how much diferent this facility is compared to the hospital. They are so tuned for Aquired Brain Injury and know exactly what needs to be done. We know this is part of God's plan and his timing to have her here and we continue to be thankful for the healing he has given her. I will have a list of her accomplishments on Sunday as right now they are still in the assesment phase. Thankyou all for your prayers and support. Al and Deb