Monday, March 27

Hannah had a good day.  Once a week she gets graded, so to speak, on goals they have set for her the previous week.  Everything has to be done by Monday night because they meet to discuss the patients on Tuesday morning.  She is acing her goals this week.  I'm hoping they will re-evaluate her release date.  I really feel like she's ready to go home.  She'll still be doing a lot of outpatient therapy when we get home-probably for a long while-but I think being home would be the best thing for her.  We'll see if they listen to the mama.  Don't they know moms always know best?!
She sure worked hard today in therapy though.  Tonight her legs were pretty shaky and she started seeing double, both of which happen when she is tired.  Hopefully as she builds up her strength those things will go away.  A few week ago our family was talking about how much effort Hannah has to put forth to do this therapy.  She really is giving it all she's got.  Luke said, "Can you imagine what we could all accomplish if we put forth that much effort in what we are doing everyday?"  Luke's pretty sure he could be a millionaire -ha ha But his comment reminded me of something President Hinckley had said about doing our best.  I can't remember his exact words but something about how if we really are doing our best, it is good enough.  But that we need to be honest with ourselves about what our best  really looks like.  Aughhh that is so true!  I know that too often I am guilty of being lazy and not giving my best effort to things that are important.  It's so easy to become content with mediocre.   But I must say watching these kids struggle and fail and struggle some more to get even the tiniest gain has been awe inspiring. I feel like I am watching a Hannah version of "Rocky" every day. The only thing we're missing is the music.  Pretty awesome stuff.