Tuesday-March 21

Happy spring everyone!  Today was a good day for Hannah.  She really is doing better every day.  We talked to the rehab team and they gave us a release date of April 6.  They said that she is doing fabulous on meeting her goals, but they want to do lots of testing before we leave.  I think most of their concern is her short term memory loss but I do see that improving all the time, so I'm praying it will just continue to do better and they will be so impressed they will send us home early-ha ha That might be some wishful thinking but you need to think big, right?  Today her physical therapist had her on a special bike, riding around outside.  Some guy came riding by on a skateboard going really fast.  Hannah yelled at him, "Hey!  You better slow down or you'll end up in prison like me."  ha ha Oh so sad.  I keep reminding her that if this is a prison, it's pretty luxurious with the room service and all.  She knows it's a good place for her to be right now,  she just hates the fact that she doesn't feel like she has her freedom.  Can't blame her for that.
We have had lots of visitors this week for which we are both so grateful.  They help us to feel connected to what's happening in the outside world and keep us entertained.  So many great friends and family members who have helped us through this.
Tomorrow Meg and her family will leave and Bob and Taylor will come-the changing of the guards! Now that Hannah is regaining her stamina she is not needing to sleep so much and so we stay busy trying to keep her occupied at night.  Jordan and Hannah bought her a nice ukulele last weekend and so after therapy I think we'll start going to the music room.  There is an awesome guy who volunteers there all the time and he is going to help her learn to play again.  He's really talented-great with the kids, can sing, play guitar and a lot of other instruments.   He was telling me that he was riding a long board to work in Provo a few years ago and was hit by a car.  He couldn't walk or talk and wasn't supposed to live, but instead of dying he made a full recovery.  You would never guess that he had been through such a crazy ordeal.  But he's great because he really sympathizes with the kid's struggles and frustrations.   After his accident he had to relearn to play all the musical instruments he knew before, but he did it and now volunteers here about 4 or 5 nights a week.  Such a selfless thing to do.  People constantly amaze me with their goodness.