November 12, 2008 pm

It's 7:25 pm. I just got back from going out to supper tonight with some of Mary's best friends. We went down the street to Apple bee's, is was very nice to get out. Mary had one of those days that was just a descent day. She was alert quite a bit of the day, and was saying a few different things. She continues to follow the doctors commands on the right side. She still says her name, wiggles her toes and holds up the right amount of fingers. She has been having to do some breathing treatments that she really doesn't like to do. It is very uncomfortable to her, but is something that just has to be done. She is being weaned off of the medicine that is controlling the brain swelling, and that's a good thing. She has been in pain some of the day, mainly her head hurts. I would think it would have to. One thing that she said today astounded me. She was alone with my Mom, and said "I can't believe I had a brain aneurysm". My Mom said she understood her when she said it. Although none of us can believe she had one, I thought is was unbelievable that she said it. All the friends and family members that come up and see Mary, cannot believe the progress she has made in a little over a week. She is trying so hard. You can here it in her voice, you can see it in the expressions on her face. When she is in pain, I want to fix it, but I can't. When she is given her pain medicine, it does subside, and she rests for a while. When she wakes back up, we start talking to her again. She does understand us, and we are starting to understand more of what she is trying to tell us. It will all come in time. We have to be patient, and most importantly, I hope Mary can be patient. For those of you who know Mary well, you know as well as I do that she will want it to happen now. She will need all of our help to get through this. She has such great friends, who I know will be there. That in itself is makes this road seem not quite as long. Please keep praying. Thanks.