Day 3 Update

Hello hello, 

Mom continues to show good progress just two days out from her latest brain surgery. Dr. Kim visited this morning and he continues to be very encouraged with how well Mom is doing. He has put in the order to have her moved possibly today to the Neuroscience Intermediate care unit which is on another floor of this massive hospital. To give you a sense of how big it is, Mom's surgery took place in one of 48 operating rooms of which all were occupied during the day Wednesday. Also Mom was in one of 9 Neurosurgical operating suites, again all fully occupied. Apparently Memorial Hermann Hospital does the greatest number of Neurosurgical procedures of any of the 15 other Massive Hospitals here in the Texas Medical Center. 

Mom has continued to have a busy day with Physical and Occupational therapy as well as numerous Doctors visits. She has worked hard with the therapists and they had her 
holding her head almost straight up on her own. Dad describes that he hasn't seen her do that so well in the last six months. Hopefully this removal of additional problems in the brainstem will allow her to achieve a better range of movement and hopefully some independence.

We also had a great visit with Duncan's sister, Dr. Helen Rhodes and her daughter Elizabeth as they got a chance to see Mom going through her therapy paces. Mom seems to have rested better last night and she will probably do even better in the Intermediate Care Unit as it is extremely hard to sleep in the ICU as the Doc's and nurses are constantly coming in to check on things. 

Our next step will likely be the move to TIRR Rehabilitation Hospital sometime next week. Last time we did this drill it took three months to get to TIRR. So we remain quite hopeful that everything will continue to go well. 

Thanks again for all the good thoughts and prayers sent Mom's way. They are working. 

With love,

John and Rachel Sedlak

Mom and Dr. Kim

Helen and Elizabeth stopped by for a visit. 

Working hard in rehab! Go Cathy Go!!