Rachel continues to move forward, although it is not always smooth. The good news now is that she has moved out of ICU and into the regular wards. She has done well with OT and PT; late this morning she walked up and down a flight of stairs.

She’s also had a lot of head pain and nausea, and in between doses of medication she just sleeps a lot. Her main goal now is to be able to eat more food and keep it down. So far she has only had one saltine cracker since the surgery.

For those of you wanting to visit Rachel, it is still too early. She has very brief periods, after getting her medication, when she feels good, but most of the time she is still pretty out of it. We will let you know tomorrow if Rachel is up for it then.

She is allowed to have flowers now, in case you have been waiting to send her some while she was in ICU. Thank you for all of your wonderful comments!