Fifth Post

OK, so doing better but definitely not through the woods yet. Now it seems that most of the serious bleeding has been stopped, some of her fluid IV's have been removed, and she somewhat stable.

As of now the major threats lie in infection and possible respiratory complications from all the fluids and her sedentary position, specifically fluid building up in the lungs and hardening.

Also, she has a lot of hardware (rods sticking through and into them) on her legs now to set them and get blood flowing to the right places.

Mom is going in for some CAT scans tonight so we'll know a lot more about her in the morning. Uncle Kim was joking that we should send in her cat, Blaze, to be scanned.

The best thing that has happened so far is when I held her hand today not once but twice she squeezed back hard both times. Reflex or some base level of consciousness? Either way she is moving her arms and legs which is good because it means there is no major spinal injury.

On another note, I am currently without a car. I was out looking yesterday for a C 1978 ford mustang fastback. It was blue with white racing stripes, and was for sale a couple months ago in my girlfriend Katie's neighborhood. I remember remarking to her "Man, if I didn't have my Lexus I'd totally buy that." But now its sold. Oh well...