[Nfbmo] Very good news about Robin!

[Julie McGinnity]

Wow!  This is great!  I will keep praying for her continued strength
and recovery.

On 2/20/15, Dacia Cole via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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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-- 
Julie McGinnity
National Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President, National Federation
of the Blind of Missouri recording secretary,
graduate Guiding Eyes for the Blind 2008, 2014
"For we walk by faith, not by sight"
2 Cor. 7