Monday, 9:30pm

What a difference a day can make!!  The doctor tweaked Brittany's pain medicine the right way and she had a great day.  According to Facebook, she's ready to go home, "no pain!!!!!!! and when is does hurt,when thepary or my mom makes me do phyiscal labor,doesnt hurt that much!!! hope to go home today or worst tomorrow (heres hoping) Jennifer Bennett, MoM i want to go home!!!!! Dad same thing, but you dont have a fb!! -_-"  Her sense of humor is coming back as well.  She will be in the hospital until tomorrow at the earliest.  The family is investigating different TBI rehabilitation options for her.


Erika seemed to have a good day.  When I saw her she was playing light sabers with Donald, Brianna, Kael and Kody Knight.  Because she was at a disadvantage, we gave her "The Force".  It was great to see them playing, laughing, and moving about the house.  Erika is a very good driver!


One of Brittany's friends, Paul,  posted the following on her Facebook page.  Don and Jennifer were moved by it and wanted to share.

I thought now would be the time to update you on my friend, who got in a serious accident a month ago.
I went to visit her with a group of friends. I wasn’t sure what to expect. After all, this was my first time visiting someone in the hospital who I cared about. Nevertheless, I entered the room, and there she was. She seemed very cheerful, yet underneath that I could see the pain that she experienced since the day of the accident.
I had no idea how to comfort her other than doing what I did best when she was in my class: make her laugh. Going to visit someone in the hospital is one of those things that I don’t feel comfortable with. I mean, I loved seeing that she was her regular self, but I couldn’t help but feel for her pain. The whole time, I was thinking, she shouldn’t be in this position. I wished I could have taken her place in the accident. I felt morosed. A bittersweet moment.
However, if there was one thing I could take from this visit, was the fact that you can always find hope in anything and everywhere you go. Seeing her laugh and make funny jokes made my day. She was smiling at the world.

September 02, 2011

 

Michelle Mondelli