Day 2, Dec 20th

I got here around 9:30am and Mom was sleeping.  She ended up waking up on and off, Dad tried to get her to talk but she would just look.  She didn't seem like she knew who I was .  Her sodium levels  today are around 139.  Around 10:30am she woke up when my Dad had left the room.  She tried to take her blood pressure thing off her arm so I told her that she had to leave it on, she asked why, and I told her so that they could take her blood pressure.  She seemed confused.  The "sitting" nurse came in and asked if she wanted to eat the food that was sitting in the room.  He tried the milk but she didn't seem interested.  He offered the yogart and she didn't say anything but kept eyeing it.  So we opened it up and she tried a bite.  She continued to eat the yogart and I helped guide her, then eventually she grabbed it herself and ate it on her own.  We switched out her milk to skim milk since they gave her 2%  milk, so she ended up drinking but didn't want the straw.  After she finished the yogart she drank the apple juice threw a straw and then was back to sleep. 
Mom woke up for a bit and talked to us.  She was able to say who I was & i was able to show her pictures from my blog and she fell asleep as I was showing her the pictures.  She keeps going back & forth from awake and asleep.  She'll wake up and look at you and smile then close her eyes again.  If you ask her a question that she has to think about she closes her eyes and doesn't open them until you start talking again.  It's been hard talking to her.  I feel like we are talking at her not with her at times.  You have to read her eyes and facial expressions a lot for answers.

Just returned from a late lunch around 3pm, Mary, her sister, came to be with her while we left and they got her up and bathed her & had her walk around. She walked further today then she has since she has been here. She has been awake a lot and is using more words at a time. She still knows that I'm here and who I am. She is eating now all by herself. She is remembering things better and talking more. She hasn't thrown up today and as I hear from Jess and Dad it isn't fun when she does. They said that when she would throw up then she would end up flat lining and conk out. So we are hoping that she does well and doesn't throw up today. She was awake for about 4 1/2 hours but is sleeping now (5pm).

Mom had one of her cousins visit tonight and then the nurse kicked us all out at 6pm for the shift change.  So Dad and I left and grabbed something to eat, when we returned she was up and eating and talking.  They said that she was pulled out of bed and sat in a chair for about 20 minutes and is still doing well.  Around 8pm they gave her 20 miligrams of steroid intervenusly.  Shortly after she started falling asleep and talking less.  BJ and Tara stopped by and she woke up some more and talked a bit, but her answers were shorter.  She stayed awake for a good amount of time and has continued to go in and out of sleep.  It's 10pm now and we are packing up now to leave for the night and let her sleep.  They will do another ct scan tonight to measure the amount of air in her head.  We'll be back in the morning.