Beauty Queen

My Mom is downright perky this morning! They removed the drain from her head early this morning and she said she feels much more comfortable now that its out. She was up and walking around the hall again this morning with physical therapy and even got to take her first shower. She does get really tired after moving around for short periods of time and then starts having trouble finding her words (totally normal after the surgery she had).

Taryn fixed her up with a very fashionable head scarf because she has been feeling self conscious about her bandage. Her speech is getting better everyday and she's just mixing up a few of her words now and then. She actually sent my sister a text message this morning, which made perfect sense to us :)

There is a little bit of talk from the nurses about sending her home today. Her nurse just came in to remove her IV, which is almost always a good sign that a patient is going home. We are just waiting for her surgeon to make his rounds and give us the final word. When she does get to home we are going to make sure she lays low and gets lots of rest and won't be able to have visitors stopping by the house for at least a week or so. We really want her to have a nice quiet environment to heal up and get her strength back. We would also like to ask that family and friends call either my Dad's, Taryn's or my cell phone instead of our home phone. The blog is also a great place to leave her messages, we've been reading the comments to her daily. Check back soon, we will let everyone know when she's heading home.