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To: SoftballMominVA

life bump!

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6 posted on 09/09/2006 6:37:30 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: PGalt
Perhaps the saddest thing about Erin's situation is that she is not a vegetable, far from it. The therapists that worked with her believe that her brain is largely intact, but she has lost the ability to deliberately control her muscles. She has excellent control from the neck up and can operate switches and response to complicated questions.

She was making good progress on her therapy, but she developed an undetected urinary tract infection that put her in severe pain. She did not make any progress during the 3 weeks of the infection and Anthem is using the therapy notes from that time period as justification for denying therapy.

For the last several weeks she has been in a hospital bed, in a nursing home, with no stimulation from the staff other than a diaper change and readjustment every 3 hours and what the mom and dad can provide before and after work.

We are praying that Kluge is able to do what they believe they can and that Erin progresses substantially in the next 3 weeks.

8 posted on 09/09/2006 6:43:53 AM PDT by SoftballMominVA
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