Wednesday July 14th, 2010.

Greetings from the waiting room of the Shands Hospital in Gainsville Florida. I have spent the better part of last night and this morning getting this blog site set up and ready for your reading. We are so blessed to have so many relatives and friends who are so concerned about Alyson. We have been trying our best to keep everyone updated and informed, and we had been counting on them to help get the word out. The cell phone signal at the hospital has been sporadic, and at times not at all, so we have missed calls, or cannot talk when some have called.

From this point forward I will update this blog page at least once if not twice a day. This way everyone will get the same news, and can stay informed as to what is going on.

This morning I brought Manny and Andrea back to the hospital. Pauline had been here all night. She said that Alyee kept asking when Manny was going to visit. She had a sore neck, which could have been from the neck brace she had on the first two days, or it could just be the way she is sleeping. At 4:00am they gave her some pain medication for that, and she slept more comfortably after that.

In the ICU unit she is only supposed to have two guests at time. So we have to stagger our visits, and rotate in and out of the room as needed.

When I walked into the room she looked at me and said "There is my daddy". I asked how she was and she said she was fine. Then she asked how I was. Then she asked if this was the first time I had been here. She didn't remember seeing me before.

My mother called and talked to Alyee on the phone.

She does know where she is at this morning. At the hospital. She also knows now that she had a seizure at the pool. Pauline took a picture on her cell phone of her partially shaved head. Alyee wanted to see it, and said it looked cool, when she saw the picture.

Ed and Faye, (Paulines parents) arrived from Clearwater just before lunch. They have had a good chat with her.

They got her to walk to the bathroom, and they had her sitting in the chair for a while this morning. Her attitude is very good, joking with everyone in the room. Her thought processes appear to be better, remember more of what is going on. Her sentences are getting longer, more detailed, and her voice is a little stronger this morning. She is being encouraged to do more for herself, and she is supposed to be up in the chair again for supper.

We still do not know the cause of this. Keep praying that we find the source of where the blood came from.

In trying to recall all the details of the last 5 days, I know I have left out alot. We are so grateful to all who have stopped by and visited. We are also very grateful to the Camp staff and all that they are doing to make our stay here as comfortable as possible. I hope that this blog site will help to keep everyone informed, and keep checking back for updates and more pictures. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.