now to our reporter live at the scene

she and i were texting

and i told her that she is now the only real source of information

about her condition , so...


she called!!


she told me that she did dialysis today and will probably need it

even after she's released to the hotel

but that they think that eventually, her kidneys will come back strong

and that her vocal cords are getting stronger everyday

she said she's eating good and gaining weight

and getting stronger everyday


she sounded great

-ohh to hear her voice


she said it's snowing like crazy outside and she's got a great view of it

they're doing different types of physical therapy on her

and she's walking a lot now


so things are looking good

still lots of rehab and lots of time

but steady progress


and breathing with her news lungs

-all on her own



thank you jesus!

christmas comes early

HO HO HO

she's better now

they want to move back upstairs

and get her out of IUC

but there are no beds up there

so she has to spend another night there

she told me in a text that

'she's doing great'

and that's great news

a little set-back

acacia had a little set-back last night

it seems something she drank got into her new lungs

they sent her back down to CT ICU

and apparently they've taken care of her

they had to clear out her lungs and put her

back on a ventilator for a time

but as her nurse just told me

she's back, now breathing on her own with

just some oxygen gong in her nose

and sitting up in her chair


thank god it wasn't any worse and please

-keep her in your prayers

more thanksgiving

here is what someone named Anonymous has left as a new comment:

I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart;

I will tell of all Thy wonders.

I will be glad and exult in Thee;

I will sing praise to Thy name O Most High.


I say 'amen'!

more and more good news

however

it seems they are going to wait to

take her off the bipap at night

but today, they put in the smallest trach tube

that they could find and

she doesn't have the oxygen hooked-up to her tube anymore

she's breathing on her own!!

-with her new lungs and doing great!


today, we did a lot of texting and instant messaging

and we know now how to send pictures back and forth

-her hair is so long and beautiful -a sight for sore eyes



she's feeling good, looking good, eating good (massive amounts) and

breathing on her own!

another one bites the dust

we texted each other this morning

she told me that today they will be replacing

her 'trach tube' with a smaller one

(the smallest they got!)

and that maybe, just maybe

they will get rid of the BIPAP machine

that's the machine that 'helps' her breathe at night

she (probably) no longer needs it!!


and yet another machine is gone


thank you lord and thank you all too!