Sept 10 (Monday) as of 1:00pm

Shift change occurred at 1300 when Joyce took over from Sully. The morning report  is this:  Jeannette had a good breakfast and was sipping an Ensure when I arrived. I excercised command authority and ordered a strawberry milk shake and Jeannette agreed that it was a tremendous improvement to mix the two together.  Face time with Rich was next as well as a call to Sam. Amy, the speech therapist was in with some fun word games. She even let me play.  Jeannette did very well, as expected. That was followed by the Dynamic Duo of Anna and Ty for physical therapy.  Jeannette was in the cardiac chair for over an hour.  She improved her reps on the arm exercises and held herself erect in the chair for 5:45 and 3.30 min, beating Friday's record of 1x 3:00 min.  Ty and Anna think she may get to go to the gym and workout on the mat on Friday. Ty, an Eagle scout, was very sweet and wiped Jeannette's eyelashes with a soft wet cloth. He also rigged her bib and tucker ( preventing anything from going down/ onto the neck brace) with some string and knots he learned in Boy Scouts. I have to say that her nurses and the other staff are AWESOME!  They love Jeannette and she loves them. No wonder St Elias has a top rating. They aren't just doing a job,they have a calling. Also, Jessie, one of her favorite nurses was on today.  She was eating lunch as I was leaving, getting her strength up for more face time calls with Rich.  Joyce had the iPad fully charged!

Speaking of Rich, he was headed to Wasilla for physical therapy.  Mary Kay was headed to the grocery store. Rich was definitely looking forward to a number of excellent meals as he listed the weekly menu for us. Rich is scheduled to visit Jeannette tomorrow.  Sully