Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Jan. 27, 2009

Didn't realize, traffic starts at 2 in Hwy 4. Next time we know to eat on the road on the way to Emerald Gardens. It was such an awesome feeling when Anicia greeted us with a big smile and said "ano" (what?) and when she saw Mom, she gave her a hug and said "Mom" for the first time. She was very talkative during our stay. Renee, Damien, Jon-jon and Sasha joined us shortly.

Hi and hello comes natural already when she answers the phone. When we asked her where Megan is, she said "Mexico" and when we asked her if she was starting to eat soft diet food, she said "this morning".

Dinner consists of 7 different kinds of stuff from soup to jello, mashed potatoes with gravy... she ate about 3 different kinds, the rest she didn't really care for. She got excited when I told her Iwill bring arroz caldo when I get back. Maybe, we can puree some mongo with rice or sinigang... just kidding!

It was such a good feeling when we went home. It's too bad, Sacramento is so far, we can't stay any longer or visit as often. But we will try the best we can.

Thank you so much for your prayers. Please keep on praying...

Monday, January 26, 2009

Jan. 24, 2009

It was early when we left. Anicia was still asleep when we arrived. Then the therapist came. There was movement in Anicia's right leg, how cool is that! OMG I was in tears, not only once but when the therapist asked her. Ok don't get carried away, it was with a little help from the therapist but this is the beginning. It was long way to Sacramento but it was so worth it!!!

Roger also said that last Thursday, when they were watching TV, Anicia just put her right arm on her chest to elevate it. Roger got so excited and asked her to do it again. But Anicia just smiled. The doctor said, you will see these things happen when you least expect it. If she is not thinking about it, it can happen. It is a regular thing now when you talk to her on the phone, she says "hi".

Thank you so much for your prayers. But please, keep on praying.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Jan. 22, 2009

Anicia is doing fine. It was a long day for her today. It was a long trip to Sacramento! Yes, Anicia was transferred to Emerald Gardens Nursing Home in Sacramento.

It's going to be a long drive to Sac. Thank you Lord for keeping the gas price low...

Please keep on praying. Thank you for all your prayers.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Jan. 20, 2009

Anicia has been going to the garden almost everyday when the day is nice and sunny. "Hi" comes out naturally when you talk to her on the phone. Yesterday was great to see her attempting to call Rodger then said "am, am" 2 or 3X times trying to tell him something. We had to guess and guess but at least she was trying.

Today, they tried to give her some pudding. She coughed a little but she seems okay. They will try again tomorrow. You should have seen the smile on her face, priceless!

Thank you for all your prayers. Please keep on praying...

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Jan. 14, 2009

Long day for Anicia today. Doctors decided they will drain... She has been wanting to talk but nothing comes out, imagine that! Doctors says a lot of the fluid is sitting on the speech side of her brain so they finally decided to do the procedure. ctscan in the morning, then she was brought to the OR at 1 p.m. She went to OR room #5 at 2. Doctors told us procedure was done around 4:30 and everything went well, but they had to do another ctscan to make sure everything is okay. There was a waiting list to do ctscan, oh my... so after everything was said and done, Anicia is finally back to her room at 8:15 p.m. We didn't stay very long because she looked really tired. I hope she was able to get some rest.

Thank you for all your prayers. We hope, with this procedure, this will the beginning of her speech come back. Please keep on praying...

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Jan. 10, 2009

Roger says, "It's such a nice day. Meg and I took Anicia outside to the 3rd fl garden. Anicia was so happy taking in all the fresh air and enjoying the scenery. It was awesome!"

Pray, Pray, Pray... thank you for all your prayers. Please keep on praying, she is doing very well and getting better everyday!

Friday, January 9, 2009

Jan. 9, 2009

No surgery, doctor said she is doing so well! Horay!!! Jojo visits and he says Anicia looks so good. She is full of life and she looks like Anicia wearing a big smile and very alert!

Please pray, pray, pray for full and complete recovery and don't forget to say thanks for no surgery!