November 22, 2005 - Mid-Morning

Not a lot of change from yesterday. Our girl's "awake" periods are increasing in frequency. We should probably explain that Mandy's "awake" periods aren't like when we're "awake". We've learned that comas don't work anything like the movies. Like you can sleep at various "depth" levels, you can be unconscious/conscious on various levels. Mandy is showing all the signs of pre-conciousness and appears "awake" sometimes (eyes open, some levels of limited responsiveness, repetitive head swings from side to side, hand/arm/leg/foot movements), but she isn't "awake" in the sense of conscious. But all the indicators that it's coming and should hopefully arrive soon are there. Her eyes were open briefly for us this morning, but they had tired her out with a linen change and bath before we got there, so she fell right back to "sleep" very quickly. She's moving in the right direction though, so we're all happy if somewhat impatient!

PS If you don't know the pointy eared fella above, that's Chris O. Close friend of the princess and provider of most of the pics that have been posted here on the blog. When we asked him for pics, he generously went through all of his archives and pulled out tons of pics that made us giggle and smile. Thanks for sharing Chris!