September 6, 2007

• Tuesday September 4

  Your love, support, and prayer chains are just what the doctor ordered at this point. We are so overwhelmed with the amount of people that know and are praying for Hillary through this.  Thank you to everyone for all you do.

  As for Hill….not too good but not too bad today. We were prepared for the WORST since day 3 is always bad.  However, all in all she is doing okay. Early this morning she had her tracheotomy procedure. They also put in her feeding tube. The CT Scan showed no change which was great news! This evening they did put a brain monitor into her head to keep a better eye on activity and/or lack of.  They hoped to not do this but because she is not responding as they wanted the doctor chose this option.

  We are really still very positive.  Today we did get a little discouraged because the doctors wanted Hillary to “shine” more than she has at this point…but let’s be real…she will “shine” when SHE wants to…. NOT when WE want her to….again Hillary is stubborn haha.

  The great news is Hillary HAS BEEN moving appropriately and it is becoming obvious to us and her health providers she is hearing our voices.  She may not be responsive to commands but who cares. I told my mom think of how down we would be if we had no response from her up to this point. She has gotten agitated and restless when we go in there and talk to her. So even though the doctors watch that part VERY close to not raise her blood pressure too much etc it is 3 days not 3 weeks into this. Tonight we just tried to keep focused on the positives. Hillary is alive and she is a fighter….We are not going to hear great news everyday but we have certainly not heard HORRIBLE news either.

  We know there is a rainbow out there….I can even see it forming.  Just keep loving us through this very difficult time. 

  Ashley

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