by Marie Beattie | Nov 5, 2012 | Archives
Hi Everyone, When Corey was 3 years old, she was playing in the backyard on the swing set. Our laundry room had an outside entrance to the side yard so I could run in to switch the laundry and still keep an eye on the kids as they played. Of course, I was inside for...
by Marie Beattie | Nov 1, 2012 | Archives
Hi Everyone, It has been a week since our last visit to Bryn Mawr. Corey did well but she was very stiff. We can only do so much at home and today’s therapy sessions with OT and PT validated how critical the acute level of rehabilitation is to her recovery. Despite...
by Marie Beattie | Oct 30, 2012 | Archives
Hi Everyone, We are very lucky. We never lost electricity, the roof and the basement didn’t leak and we survived Sandy! Corey and I have tried to keep very busy the last several days. Today we had some moments that were touchy. Let me rephrase, “I” had some moments...
by Marie Beattie | Oct 27, 2012 | Archives
Hi Everyone, We work with Corey on rebuilding the connections for her short term and long term memory daily. I can usually tell how old she thinks she is by her memories and the questions she asks. Today she was 17. Our conversations included memories from the summer...
by Marie Beattie | Oct 26, 2012 | Archives
Hi Everyone, Happy Friday! I will be signing off for the weekend but before I do we’ve got more progress to report. PT/OT/ST has their goals and Corey has hers. She wants her feeding tube out and she wants to stop her daily Lovenox shots given in her belly. We’ve...
