a funny thing happened on the way to recovery

i talked to a social worker this morning. she told me she would begin the application process for gen to be sent to the mount vernon rehab center for long-term acute care. the mount vernon hospital is run by MU and has a great reputation. a physical therapist visited gen and worked with her for a while. she will be back tomorrow with others to give gen a good workout. so far, gen has had no voluntary movement anywhere but her eyes. she has reflexive movement everywhere.

gen spelled a little for us today. we think it tires her out, so we try not to push too hard right now. we are using letters written on a page(thank you, randi). this morning, susan and i worked with her for about thirty minutes. she spelled "my head is..." we were then interrupted by the nurse, who finished washing gen's hair, dried it, combed it, rearranged her head and pillows, and cleaned out her mouth. when the nurse was done and gone, we asked gen if the nurse had taken care of what "my head is..." she blinked yes. about ten hours later, gen spelled "my head is unc..," and i guessed the rest.

-joshua and susan