Kate Update - Saturday 12/30 - 5:00 pm



Friends of Katie,

It has been 8 days since our last post.   Kate was discharged from the UW Medical Center Friday afternoon on the 22nd of December.  After a couple of stops and approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes sitting in traffic, we arrived back home in Tacoma.   It has been great to be home and begin to establish a routine of what the next couple months could look like for Kate. 

On Christmas Eve, we had a bit of a scare as Katie suffered a seizure and had to be taken to the ER at Tacoma General.  After approximately 7 hours she was released and came back home for a very low key Christmas Day. 

Kate continues to get stronger and has committed to developing a schedule filled with good nutrition, drinking lots of water(with ice), taking daily walks and getting a lot of sleep.  She is making her mother very proud, who has always said sleep and drinking water is the key to most everything! 

She will begin outpatient rehabilitation back up at the UW in Seattle next week on January 8th.   It will be two days a week filled with physical, occupational and speech sessions.  The duration and schedule will be determined once it kicks off in January. 

Besides Katie's continued rehab, the next few weeks will be spent monitoring the fluid levels in the surgical area of her brain and the infection levels to determine when the doctors can replace her section of her skull bone.  On the 17th of January, she will be getting a CAT scan to determine if she can take off her neck brace.   She is so ready for that to happen!!!

Your prayers and warm thoughts continue to give Katie encouragement and support.  She just got back "on-line" with her phone and is slowly trying to respond to the hundreds of texts, emails, and other social media. Per doctors orders, she is limited to three sessions of 15-20 minute session a day, so here response may be less than immediate. 

On behalf of Kate's entire family, thank you for all you have done to support our family through this challenging experience.   We continue to learn the power of being connected to a community of people that knows what it means to extend grace, compassion, and mercy. 





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