I just realized I've done 100 posts (this will be 101). Emily comes home in a week - exactly 4-1/2 months since the accident. How far we've come - she's awake, she's talking pretty much normally with a slightly higher pitch, she's come so far.

Today she walked the entire length of the parallel bars front, back and then side ways left and right. Two full laps. She also did 1/2 hour of squats and leg lifts and then fixed lunch with her therapists (she makes a mean burger). It was really an empowering day.

On the downside, there's still a lot of concern about her right arm. To keep it functional we've got to keep all of the muscles stretched. Her OT's want to look at re-casting that arm or making custom splints. It's so easy to get caught up on all of the other positives that we lose track of this one big negative - but her brain is still healing and we can try other therapies to get the right arm moving.

Mrs. Clark is back and visited Emily today. She was so happy - we're still hoping she can start writing again for credit even if she can't start her academic classes again for a few months. Her whole outpatient schedule will be worked out in the next week.