Day 4 Update

Its Monday morning, and Jim and I are home for just a few days. Last night Maggie arrived, and a bunch of Jim's aunts and uncles are coming to Boston today so we decided to come home and take care of the kitties. Luckily we are on vacation this week so we can go back whenever we need to.

Yesterday was a better day but still very tough. We were able to see Mary awake once, and she was very coherent and knew who we were and what was going on. She has a very black right eye where some of the bleeding from her brain has seeped down. Her eye is swollen shut, and the blood is seeping out of her actual eye. Its kind of scary to see, she looks as though she's crying blood, but the doctors don't seem overly concerned about it. If anything its a good thing because it is releasing some of the pressure from her brain. She did have a CT scan yesterday but we don't know the results of it quite yet. Jim talked to his dad this morning and he said her eye is looking better, so that is good news. He also said she was eating this morning which the nurses were anxious for her to do. Hopefully with each passing day she'll be more alert and feeling better.

She will remain in the ICU for probably two weeks and then we don't know how long she might be in the hospital. We do know it will be a long road to recovery no matter what.

Again, keep checking the blog for updates1

Oh, one more thing, today is Mary's birthday. Happy Birthday..we love you!