Update on Megan

On Saturday, May 25th Megan suffered a stroke. She was down the cape with some friends when they found her. We don't know exactly when she had the stroke, or the cause. She was brought to Cape Cod Hospital. Later on in the day they figured out that she had suffered a stroke and made plans to move her to Boston. She was transferred to Brigham and Women's hospital in the ICU for neurology. She has been in ICU since. She had a feeding tube in her nose because she could not swallow enough to get the necessary nutrition down. They have taken that out this morning, which is a lot more comfortable for Megan. She cannot move her right arm, but can move both her legs and left arm. She needs physical therapy to get that right side moving and working better. She cannot speak. Each day we are hearing more and more of her voice. She is beginning to say more words, but the understanding isn't quite there. That will come with time no doubt. We are beginning to see that Megan attitude showing through with her facial expressions and few words! She still giving my Mom the look when she gets annoyed! We still have our Megan. She has PT, OT, and Speech Therapy everyday and they are working her hard. Once she gets to rehab she will have intensive therapy around 3 hours a day. I know Megan and she'll be up for the challenge! We are seeing improvement daily, but Megan still has a long way to go. We are confident that she will make a great recovery. Today has been a good day for Megan so far! She is out of the ICU and onto a regular floor. She should be out of the hospital and onto rehab at the earliest tomorrow, but Monday at he latest.