Team Minnie Update

Team Minnie Update Saturday 10/5

We got to talk with Minnie's therapists this morning. Her PT is going great - they said she's walks 20-25 steps twice during the session with the walker with minimal assistance. This time last week, she was walking 10 steps at a time. We thank the Lord for this progress. They said that she does everything they ask her to do. But she had a rough time with the occupational therapy. Her hip was hurting and she said she felt sick at her stomach, but they had her doing some work with her arms. She slept for a couple of hours after PT - I guess it wore her out.

The nurses started giving her a glass of protein shake when they give her meds and she drinks it down. At least that's a few calories in her. And at lunch, she only had about three bites of potatoes. I asked her nurse if she could get her a protein shake, and within a few minutes she came back with a fortified shake and with a little cup called "Magic Cup" - it was like orange sherbet but also fortified and full of calories. She drank all of her shake and about half of the Magic Cup. And we unfortunately had the same thing at supper tonight. She didn't eat, so we got her another fortified shake. And we noticed tonight she was reaching for the little bottle of water without us having to ask "do you want some water." Something small like that made us happy.

So, today's prayer request is that she will start to eat more.

Thanks again for your concern, prayers and love for my sweet mother, Bud and me.