Wednesday March 22

Every morning the doctors come in and ask Hannah how she's doing and then they will ask her what month it is.  At first she admitted she had no idea, then she started guessing. Last week she would smile big and say "Spring."  ha ha But today when they asked her she thought for a second and said, "It's March."And then she remembered somebody was coming to visit this morning which almost never happens-I usually have to tell her over and over.  I noticed throughout the day she remembered a lot of random things, like medical terms I couldn't even remember.  She still has a lot of things she can't remember but I know she's doing better.  They also asked her this morning what she had for dinner last night and looked rather disappointed when she didn't blurt it out.  I told them I didn't remember what I had for dinner last night so they shouldn't get too excited.  Of course, lots of times Hannah's memory is better than mine and so they probably think that's not neccesarily a very good gauge.
Tonight she wanted Taylor to do something that he didn't feel like doing and he so he said "how about tomorrow?"  We've all been using that one a little too much because we know she will have forgotten it by the next day and we'll be off the hook.  But tonight she said, "Tay, I'm not crazy anymore so that doesn't work."  ha ha Anyway, it's all progress I think and I'm so happy.
Now that her own situation is becoming better, she is noticing more and more the other kids in rehab.  She wants to be everyone's friend and cheerleader.  I wasn't with her for part of P.T today but I guess while she was in the gym another teenager got super frustrated and started crying and yelling and swearing.  A couple of the therapists told me Hannah just stopped what she was doing and went and tried to help him.  When I walked in everyone was happy and the two of them were playing a game.  She seems to be naturally instinctive about how to help others.  I love that about her.   Someone brought her a plaque yesterday that said: "Have Courage and Be Kind." (It's from the Cinderella movie).  I thought it was a perfect description of Hannah.  Courageous and kind-a good combo!