Hi All:
Praise God Beth continues to improve! She had a CAT Scan at 02:00 this morning and the Dr said it looked good (normal). He saw Beth around 10:00 and did some cursory checks on her and said he expected she would be able to leave ICU later today.
Beth got up, walked and sat in a chair for the first time this afternoon. She lasted about 15 minutes and then needed to get back into bed. Her speech is much better today and we expect it to continue to improve over the next several days until she is completely back to normal.
The Dr changed Beth’s diet from liquids only the regular food and she had her first solid food in almost 2 days for dinner tonight (Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, spinach, salad and apple cobbler). She dug right in and ate about 1/3 to 1/2 of it.
Beth’s ICU nurse told us at 18:30 that a room in the general population was being prepared and that she would be moved from ICU tonight. Her ICU nurses have been so kind and compassionate and have been taking wonderful of her (another blessing from God).
Although Beth is being moved to the general population, please do not call her room to speak to her. Although she would love to hear from you, her speech is still pretty limited and would tire her out too much.
Prayer requests:
1) No Infection
2) Her Speech and Word Hunting return to normal and that Beth would have peace and confidence in the meanwhile
3) Her incision on her scalp and the area of her skull that was removed would heal quickly
4) Return of her strength after such a stressful surgery
5) and of course Her Hair Grows Back Quickly
Thank you all for your love and prayers - clarke
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3 comments:
So great to hear the news! I hope you will let Beth know that so many are still praying for her and celebrate with her the success of the surgery. She is such a sweet sister. Please give her a kiss for me.
Ellen
Amazing that Beth has been moved from ICU to a regular room and is eating solid food. She has the power! We will all continue with our positive thoughts and prayers knowing that she will heal quickly and before too long will again be the Beth we all know and love.
Suzanne
We're so glad Beth is bouncing back so quickly! Praying for speech to return like Joan Rivers and the hair to grow like Rapunzel! We love you!
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