michelle is starting to get large chunks of her memory back. she's mobile now, and they've got her on a regimen of physical and psychological rehab stuff. they've moved her to another hospital for this. bernie thinks she might be able to come home by monday or tuesday. she got in trouble today because while she's mobile, she's i guess still a ( Read more... )

michelle's apparently talking up a storm now. she definitely has visual recognition of her family, although she doesn't always remember all their names. but apparently she worked out the TV remote on her own (he was pretty proud of that; i said "hey, she's always been a quick learner") and somebody on whatever show (my guess is "bernie mac", but ( Read more... )

okay, finally got ahold of her stepdad. turns out by the time we'd talked yesterday they knew she was at least gonna live through it (which was a little fuzzy on my end), but the big concern is still permanent brain damage. the excellent news is that she's very responsive this morning, and has managed to say his name and his daughter's name, and ( Read more... )

also, reiki people? those of you who can send by proxy? i'm gonna say, if your ethics are okay with it, go ahead and send if you would. i don't know that she believes in it, but i know her well enough to think that right now she'd take what she can get. if you're not comfortable doing it without explicit permission, i understand. but if you're ( Read more... )

holy fucking hell.

i just talked to Michelle's (cweaselle) stepdad. she's in the hospital with encephalitis. send all the good vibes you can. he said she's got about 7 doctors working on her, they're pumping some kind of medicine into her, and they're hopeful, but she's not lucid and she can't speak at the moment, and he said it's definitely affecting ( Read more... )