[Nfbmo] Very good news about Robin!

[Carol Morgan]

Praise the Lord that is awesome news

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> On Feb 20, 2015, at 1:19 PM, Erin Joy Magoon via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I thought I would give a good update about Robin Sweitzer.
> 
> She had her feeding tube removed yesterday, and she is eating real
> food again!  Hurray!
> 
> She was moved from the hospital to a skilled nursing facility last evening.
> 
> She ate eggs, sausage and hash browns for breakfast, for lunch she is
> having cream of potato soup, chicken salad, minus the bread, mashed
> potatoes, apple sauce and vanilla pudding.  Yum yum!
> 
> She is having physical and occupational therapy in the morning, and
> occupational and speech therapy in the afternoon.
> 
> This morning she was able to take a sit down shower, and she did most
> of the shower herself!  Yea Robin!
> 
> This afternoon they are going to work on her getting dressed and then
> her memory and speech.
> 
> They are going to do more physical activities in the morning when she is fresh.
> 
> They are also making sure she gets plenty of rest.  They want her to
> try and watch television or read each day.  She's very tired, and they
> said sleep and food are the best two things for her.  However,
> exercising her body and mind are also very important.
> 
> Her phone number into her room is 417-269-9318.
> 
> Although you can understand her very well, sometimes you can not quite
> tell what she is talking about.
> 
> The doctor has said instead of just pretending to understand her, get
> her to take a breath and use her words.  Sometimes it annoys her, but
> the doctor said the more people pretend to understand what she is
> saying the longer it will take robin to recover.
> 
> At this time he thinks she will make a full recovery.  He said it is
> very good for her to have phone calls, and talk to lots of different
> people.  However, if you can keep your calls to a couple of minutes
> that is best.
> 
> Thanks for all the prayers, she knows who she is, where she is and who
> everyone is.  Keep the prayers coming.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Erin Joy
> 
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