[Nfbmo] Very good news about Robin!

[Dacia Cole]

Thank you for your specific and very informative updates.  Please let
her know the Columbia chapter is thinking of her and praying for a
full and speedy recovery.

Dacia

On 2/20/15, Gary Wunder via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> What a fantastic update. Thank you.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Erin Joy Magoon
> via Nfbmo
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 1:19 PM
> To: nfbmo at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfbmo] Very good news about Robin!
>
> 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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