Emily's main progress over the weekend has been in the area of breathing. She has been off of the ventilator for at least an hour everyday since I first posted that that she was off of the vent. As you can imagine this is exhausting to her, and so the respiratory therapists have to balance between working her hard and wearing her out. Today her physical therapy was pretty tiring so she only did an hour.
One exciting thing happened on Sunday, however, that y'all might be interested in.
She's gained the ability in the past few days to move her arm back and forth across the bed (or pillow, etc...)but she has not been strong enough to really lift against gravity. She has been waving at people from this position, as her wrists strengthen. Yesterday, she went to wave, and sure enough she picked her arm straight off of the bed from the elbow down and held it in the air. I was surprised, but I realized by the look on Emily's face that she had even surprised herself.
It seems like a little thing, but I hope the coming week is full of little surprises like this one.
