Mom is coming home today!!!!

Hello everyone, we are back from Mexico. I am now Mrs. Shanna Ann Watson. Since I have been gone they have been getting mom ready for home. She has learned how to get in and out of a car. She can slide into bed and to the restroom on her own. She has been walking with help a lot further. She did have the horrible flu bug and is slowing getting better. It's weird you would think with all the medication in her that she could not get anything else.

Dad stayed all night with mom last night so that he could see how a full day and night goes. We also had a family meeting yesterday to review things. Dad has been a trooper. He has ran the office, taken care of the house since I have been gone for 2 weeks. Dad took the baby bed and the Queen bed down in the extra bedroom to move mom in. Today they are going to deliver the hospital bed to the house, they got her a new wheel chair and the other tools she needed.
Then tomorrow the PT and OT will be set up for home. They are taking her pic line out today and her medication will be oral only. So she will not be having a daily nurse.
We will be so glad to have her home she has spent 63 days in the hospital. I think she might have broke records. Thank you for all your love and support it means the world to our family.

Mom has been doing pretty good. In the last few days she has continued to walk with assistance and a walker about 3 times a day around 50 feet each time. Every time she is getting stronger. Right now we are looking at a goal of heading home on January 20. In the last few days she has had a few little challenges a rash, on set of pain and horrible dry skin. The sjogrens syndrome is a lot more active lately than they have wanted. Dr. Irvin did increase her prednisone and put her on new medication to fight the sjogrens. I think it is difficult to control the sjogrens until they get the infection in the blood steam and bones gone.
I will be leaving for Mexico on Tuesday 01/06 and back on 1/17. Please send mom her love and prayers while I'm gone.

New room

Mom is in her new room. They have a new rehab floor at Boone Hospital, it is great. Mom is in a single room on floor 3 room 3202. Everything is new, wheel chair friendly and larger closet space. Every girl needs her closet space.

Well Christmas went great. Shawn, Kati and Lindsay got in Friday around 2:00pm. Dad came down as well and we all camped out at our house in Columbia. It worked out great, we put dad in the guest room and Shawn's crew took the down stairs. David and I fixed spaghetti and meat balls for dinner. We loaded up all the presents, food and off we all went to the hospital. We took over the larger waiting room. Lindsay was a trooper, she had a blast. She got all kinds of fun stuff.

Mom is starting to practice walking with the walker. She is getting strong in her upper body as well. She started off lifting 2lbs and is now up to 10lbs. The communication with the legs is still a struggle for her. I truly believe mom is getting better. Her spirit is great, seeing Lindsay and the whole crew made her day.

Thank you for your prayers.

Love the Davis family

Merry Christmas

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. If you are like us it is still going. Yesterday on Christmas morning. David (my husband to be in 15 days), Deva (the dog) and I went to see mom. Mom had her Christmas shirt on and looked pretty good. My Aunt Debbie and Uncle Paul came down to spend Christmas with mom and dad.
Wednesday mom did walk 75 feet along the parallel bars. She also did a lot of practice moving from the wheel chair to the bed. They try and stand her up everyday and work on transferring from the wheel chair to other surfaces.
Today is our big family Christmas my brother and his family are driving in from IA this morning. We are taking spaghetti and meatballs to the hospital and all our presents. Of course we are all excited to see my little niece Lindsay open her presents.

Tonight I went to see mom, she was in the small dinning room at the end of her floor. She was eating with two other woman on the floor. I thought she looked great. That is seeing her in the uncomfortable back brace and wheel chair. I can't believe this is real, I watched my mom wheel herself to her room. They told her today she would have another 4 weeks in rehab. She is trying so hard and not giving up at all. We are all so proud of her. I know every day is mentally and physically draining. All of us praying and sending her love is working. Thank you for your continued thoughts. Merry Christmas.

Here is the good and not so good. Mom was suffering from the severe pain in her lower back. They did a MRI Wednesday night and found another blood clot. That was the cause of the pain. The doctor said that the bones and infection was healing well. They are not going to do any other treatment for the blood clot since mom is already on medication for the prior blood clots.
Thursday mom was looking good. They got her medications regulated better to lessen her pain during therapy. I went with her to the gym and watched the different things they are working on. They are using a sliding board to have her move from the wheel chair to the bed. She was doing this mainly on her own. They also put a long length mirror in front of her so that she could see that the communication signals to move her feet need improvement.
Emotionally it has been rough for her and all of us. We are all thinking about Christmas and my wedding in 3 weeks. They moved mom to a single room for now. I thought that would be good especially when Shawn's family come in from IA the day after Christmas. We will decorate the meeting room down the hall and celebrate as a family.

Today when I went to visit mom she was still in a lot of pain. Her X-RAY results turn out to be good the doctor mentioned that all bones looked great. Dr. Irvin did have to increase her pain medication due to lower back pain.
They had a rehabilitation room come available that mom moved into this afternoon 4109. She does have a room mate in this room. In the rehab center mom will be doing 3 hours a day of physical therapy and then OT and speech therapy will visit as well. They will also help her learn how to get dress, put on make-up and do daily activities all over again. The communication with her muscles and nervous have to be retained in her legs and arms. The other thing is that she she will receive her IV antibiotics as well.
I think mom is excited yet nervous this is a big step. They mentioned that she should expect to be in the Rehabilitation center for 3 weeks.