The Life of a Southern Girl

Marissa had a very good day today. She was moved from Surgical ICU to Intermediate Care. She's breathing on her own now; so she's not considered Acute Care anymore. Essentially, she moved down the hall. She's made alot of progress since yesterday, but it's very hard to watch. Her head is elevated now, so she can see her legs. She can see that her right leg is in traction. And she can also see that the bottom part of her left leg is gone. She will look at you and then back at her left leg. Back & forth. Back & forth. Like she's saying, "Do you see what I see? What's up with that?" We definitely think that she knows that her leg is missing. You can see the confusion on her face. In the big picture; that's awesome. That she can see & react. For us watching her confusion; it is incredibly heart-wrenching. I'm very happy that she's able to see, process, and respond (at times). But, it just kills me that she is pretty much just trapped inside of her head. She can process some of what is happening to her, but she can't verbalize.

Thanks to all of you that sent me such great thoughts. I am saving all the emails to show Marissa when she is sitting next to me telling me what a crazy bitch I was for ever harboring doubts that she may not be able to talk again.

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I am going to give the big picture when I'm able. We just found out what actually happened as far as when & where the explosion happened. Very hard to talk about just now.

peace