New Beginnings

Dawn had her first shower in three months on Saturday (she has been having sponge baths in bed). She has been working hard with the occupational and physical therapists. Over the weekend her schedule was relaxed with only a couple hours of therapy per day, but on the weekdays so far she is having therapy about 3 hours a day and this will probably increase as she becomes stronger. Her spirits have lifted and she is truly Dawn again. She seems very happy to be at RIC and the more she learns how to use her new body, the more freedom she will have to explore her surroundings. She is able to use the speaker phone to talk and make phone calls with a button that they have attached to it. She changes channels on the TV and adjusts her bed all on her own. These are just some of the tasks she has mastered without the use of her hands in just a few days and I can only imagine the progress she will make in a month. We are all behind you Dawny and you are doing great!