Not too much going on here lately....

    Scilla is doing very well. She is continuing to get stronger and working on achieving all her therapy goals. She will have her conference tomorrow and we will know if we are still on track for discharge on May 12. Also her doctor has suggested two day passes for the weekend! I will be sure to take lots of pictures! Please continue to pray for Baby Emma and her parents.

Praying for Scilla's complete healing and restoration and for Baby Emma's healing!

Home Evaluation...

    Today was a pretty good day for Prissy! I got a wake up call at about 7:30 a.m. from her; she wanted me to meet her and her therapists at her apartment for her home evaluation.  Here are the results:

• The first problem I saw was that the handicap sidewalk entrance is a small distance from her apartment and someone had partially blocked it.
    
• Once on the sidewalk, she wheeled down to her apartment and had no problem entering because the doors were wide enough for her to enter comfortably.
    
• Once through the door, came the next problem in my opinion; carpet throughout the entire apartment except the bathrooms and kitchen.
   
• Her hallway is narrow, but she fit through with no problem. Her furniture is really big and some pieces had to be removed to allow her to pass through to her bedroom.
   
• The bedroom is a good size for an apartment, but her bed is too high and the options are to either remove the railing from the bed and put the box spring and mattress on the floor or get a new bed. Also in the bedroom, her bed will need to be shifted to the wall so that she can have enough room to enter bed on the side that is not against the wall.
   
• The bath in her bedroom is OK, but the height and width is of concern as to whether or not her bath bench will fit. The guest bath has a better tub, but she may have trouble getting into it.
• My biggest concern is the kitchen. Her apartment has a galley style kitchen that is very small. Something VERY SIMILAR to this picture I found on google:

Prissy's kitchen is very narrow like this one and it presents a lot of concerns for me and I do not feel comfortable with her even attempting to try and go in there to cook or get anything out the fridge for that matter. She would have to most likely back her wheel chair into the kitchen to even open the refrigerator. Also to put anything in the oven she would have to be on either side and could run the risk of burning her legs and not knowing it. While there, she rolled into her kitchen and got stuck because her chair is just about the same width of the kitchen and Greg had to help get turned around.

       Although there are some issues with her current apartment; it is not enough for her therapists to say that she will not be able to come home in May. I am hoping and praying that her apartment is temporary and that we are able to find her an accessible home that will allow her to be independent and do one her favorite things, cook!

She got her roll on, but wasn't suppose to...

     After a long night on Wendesday, Prissy had a pretty good day on Thursday. Most of it was because for most of the day, she was in bed. The doctor came in to visit and ordered bed rest for Scilla today until she can have an ultrasound done on Friday to see what is causing the swelling and tenderness in her stomach. The surgeon who visited this afternoon said it could be several things:

• air trapped inside
• a pancreas problem
• a gallbladder problem
• or a problem with her lapband

      As mentioned in the title today for recreational therapy, her therapist allowed her to get into her wheelchair and roll herself around. The therapist didn't read the doctor's orders of bedside therapy today, but despite that  Scilla was able to get into the chair using the sliding board (a pic I found online below).

She did very well using the sliding board, but still needs a lot of work. Her therapists are working hard to build up her confidence. She gets really nervous and afraid; she has yet to learn to balance herself independently and this contributes to her anxiety when transfering using the board or even just trying to sit up unsupported which she still can not do yet. Her therapist said as soon as she can gain confidence sitting up unsupported and transfering into her chair; she will then be able to go on outtings or for family visists. While today was her first day using the sliding board, they will still continue to use this very cool machine for transfering also, it is called the maxi lift :

      As stated above she did get her roll on today, she still needs work "staying in her lane" and "turning" before she gets her lincense or permit to drive to her wheelchair. But overall she did okay today and here is a little video of her "getting her roll on"! I don't know why, but the video is not cooperating, it worked in the preview!

"Walking in Faith..."

After thinking about it for days, I decided to create this blog...

   So I for days now, I have been trying to decide if I would start a blog to document my sister, Priscilla Hightower's journey back to restoration after her life changing accident on Monday, March 15, 2010. I will try my best to update this blog as soon as updates become available to keep everyone updated. The first couple of entries from tonight will be very short, but I want to break them up, so as to have some type of organization to the blog. Enjoy reading and remember to keep praying....
"Walking in faith"