Hannah's Back!

            Hannah flew back last week, and it’s been wonderful to have someone else in the apartment. It has been too quiet here, all alone after all that time with two roommates. Plus, it makes ordering everything I want for take-out easier, since there’s someone to share it with. And I’m not the only one who missed Hannah. Hayden, her now official-boyfriend, has been over so often he should be sharing the rent. It’s adorable.

            So, since Hannah’s back, you can gather that Lucy is doing really well for the situation she’s in. The doctors all note how wonderfully she’s been moving along in her recovery. She’s out of the ICU and has been moved to the neurosurgical ward to focus on regaining her mobility and speech. Hannah told me she was getting discouraged and staying stuck in the hospital wasn’t helping, but Ben’s taken it upon himself to find her music to encourage her to keep going, and it’s helped her stay motivated, even. 

            Lucy’s expected to be able to come back home in the beginning of February. They’re looking into finding a nurse to live with her and a local rehabilitation program for her to attend. But the hospital isn’t suiting her very well, and so living in a rehabilitation center probably wouldn’t be so great for her, either. She feels very restricted where she is, unable to go anywhere and being on a strict diet. Hannah and I have been talking with her parents about whether we should put Lucy at our apartment or their house. We worry that having her live with her parents might be just barely better than a center, because she’ll see it as a loss of her independence and falling into a child-like state. But our apartment isn’t incredibly big, and having a nurse live with us might make the place too cramped.             

            We still have some time to figure this out. We all want what’s best for Lucy and to help her get as healthy as possible again, but also for her to have as positive an experience with it as she can.