sleeping beauty wakes

today, anna started to wake up. we are so thankful, words can't even express it. it started maybe yesterday with her right hand movements. she seemed like she was reaching for me as i was saying goodbye to her, but i didn't want to make too much of it. but this morning, when mom got to the hospital, anna was obviously reaching for her ventilator tube with her right hand. and then, when mom was talking to her, her heart rate was spiking. the nurses said that her movements and reactions do seem purposeful now and that this is the beginning of anna waking up. thank god!

other developments today just got better. she opened her right eye for a bit. she is still under sedation and on a pain killer, so everything today was surprising for how sedated she should be. then, after her wrists had to be restrained so that she didn't take her breathing tube out, she figured out how to reach the other direction and she pulled her catheter right out!

i feel like this is the anna we all know and love -- feisty, tricky, stubborn and smart! today was a good day. i think they will continue to wean her off the sedation tomorrow. and i imagine we'll get lots more news on tuesday when dr. manning, anna's neurosurgeon, comes back to see her.

thank you all so much for the positive thoughts, energy, and prayers. it's working! keep sending anna everything you've got!

love,

molly