WHAT PROGRESS!!!

She was sitting up in a wheelchair when I got there!! Lots of therapist in and out making her do things so we can see just what she is capable of.

And her EYES!! My gosh, they are wide open and beautiful!!! She will look right at you with her big doe eyes...so beautiful. I read her all your emails...she loved it. I had her FULL attention when I was reading those. Some made her laugh, some made her cry...and we got BIG smiles out of her!! It really does help to have those to read to her. Especially the ones that talk about what YOU are doing, or how you are missing her in your daily life...or recalling a funny time that she has had with you...those where the ones she enjoyed the most!! Loved it!!!

It is heartbreaking to watch in one sense and then you are also so EXCITED just to see her sitting up and alive. Mixed emotions, I tell ya.

The staff at the rehab center is WONDERFUL. They all seem VERY surprised that it was her first day there, and they are positive she is going to make a full recovery. You should see the look of surprise they have on their faces as they watch her determination and will to do what they ask. They have no idea how much of a fighter this little girl is...and how determined she can be!

Love the place and loved the progress! We did talk to the nurses and they thought a schedule for visitors was a GREAT idea!! They really do not want her over stimulated or too many visitors at once. The schedule is the plan, and we will start in a few weeks. They wanted to wait until she is settled in, resting and maybe communicating a little better so she won't be so frustrated when you do get to visit. We'll get ya up there, promise. It is just a lot for her to take right now.

Keep those emails coming...it is a great way for you to communicate with her right now, and I think she really enjoyed it.

...keep praying for a FULL recovery so we get the old Cassidy back!......