Vickie had a full schedule today with the different therapies she's doing now. The progress is small but significant. Each day seems to build on the previous one.
Her nurse for the day did the procedure of closing the trach which forces Vickie to breath thru her mouth and nose. While this may seem simple to us, Vickie has not done this in almost three months, so it's somewhat stressful for her. They only do this for a few minutes each day, gradually increasing the time she must breathe normally until she is able to do it all the time. The nurse reported that Vickie said "Yeah" faintly, in response to a question. This would be the first word she has spoken since June 16th.
Tonight we were prompting Vickie to write on her pad. Most of her handwriting is tiny and illegible. One sentence we could read, "when do I get to go home?" Today wouldn't be soon enough.