The first step to recovery

Yesterday on 11-11-11 during her 11th week in the ICU a miracle did happen!! Our amazing Grace opened her eyes for the first time in 11 weeks, and for a little more then 30 minutes she was aware that we were with her and she interacted with us as much as she could. She followed our voices with her eyes and was able to focus and look directly at us. When asked to do some small commands she responded!! When asked to close her eyes if she could hear us, she did. When asked to squeeze my hand, she did. She then shut her eyes and has been resting pretty comfortably ever since. It was the most amazing moment of my life!! She is still on a good dose of the medication that is keeping her in the coma, but it was a very hopeful moment!! She has still been having a lot of seizure activity, but we have been pretty successful in stopping the seizures with the VNS and with pain medication to help with her kidney stones and other pain she might be having. She is so incredibly strong and inspires me every minute of the day!!! Continue to pray and send postive thoughts!! We love you all so much!!!

 p.s. I just noticed there are 1111 members on our FACEBOOK page!!!