Tuesday August 3rd, 2010 PM

Alyson had a great day.

This was the deal she was given this morning.

If she was up for all three meals, and only napped for an hour at most when she slept, she could go home tommorow.

Well Alyson was up for all three meals, and kept her naps to a minimum.

So she is being released tomorrow!!!!!!!!!

Pauline wanted to get her outside, and the nurse said that it could take a while to get a wheelchair up to her room, so Pauline went down to the lobby of the hospital, and found a wheelchair. So Alyson was wheeled outside to feel the hot and humid Gainesville air. This evening they went outside again, after the sun was down and it was a little more comfortable outside.

In alot of the pictures you have seen Alyson wearing her sunglasses. This is not just a fashion statement she is making. Her eyes are very sensitive to bright lights right now. This is a side effect of her injury. So she may be wearing the sunglasses for a while.

Her friend Joey from camp came by to see her one last time before he heads back to Australia. Alyson put him in the wheelchair, and pushed him up the hallway.

The only medication she will be on when she leaves is something for the back pain that she is still experiencing. Once she is over that and she has her physical strength back, there will be no medications or restrictions. She should get back to exactly the way she was before this happened. She is one lucky girl.

Tomorrow I hope to post the picture that we have all be praying for, and that is a picture of Alyson walking out of the hospital. It may be that due to hospital policy she is in a wheelchair, but that in no way lessens the achievements that have been made in the last 24 days.

Come back tomorrow for what will be the best update yet.

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.