It has been a roller coaster ride of emotions since this whole story started. Today's continuation of the ride consisted of several encouraging signs from Pat as she had a good day of improvements.
As mentioned earlier, Pat was very active today even under sedation. One of the nurses said that she remains pretty quiet during non-visiting hours, but that she is definitely more active when we are there visiting. They are encouraged by how active she becomes. We want to think she is responding to us but who knows what is truly going on? We will chose to believe that she IS responding to us. She's probably wanting to say can't you be quiet, I'm trying to sleep here or hush, you'll disturb the other patients.
At the 8:30 visit tonight, Pat was fully sedated to make her sleep. She was very peaceful. She slept while we held her and told her how much we love and miss her.
Though he is showing signs of weariness from this, Dad is encouraged by each visit with her as this journey has been a series of peaks and valleys up until yesterday. Today, it seemed to be a series of peaks with little nuggets of encouragement from her improvements, the doctor's reports and the nurse's interactions. We as a family continue to be encouraged by her improvements and hope to see her awake soon.
One of the nuggets of encouragement at the 5:00 visit was when in her drowsy, sleep induced state, she managed to open her eyes for brief moments when we spoke to her. Keep in mind that she is sedated to sleep, but seemed to respond anyway. She would even attempt to sit up in her sleep. This is one strong woman. Have I mentioned that in any of my recent posts (he says jokingly)?
Dad is now home early to bed. It is quiet and the reflection of the day is at the forefront of my mind. We continue to be encouraged. We continue to see God's hand at work, even in the bad times. We know that the right people are in the right place at the right time to not only help Pat to heal, but to also see what a loving family that I am blessed to be a part of. We are ready to be whole family again; our matriarch and patriarch, united, healthy and strong, fighting for truth, justice and the American way. Sorry it's late and I am signing off for now.
Good night and God bless.
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