Look at that airplane!

Sweet past couple of hours!!!  We sat Mom almost upright in bed and she has stayed sitting for two hours.  She is positioned so she is looking at us over by the window and she seems to be cognizant of our conversations. The speech therapist came about half hour ago and we got Mom eating lots of ice chips, something else she hasn't done since Thursday.  

As I'm typing this, Mom just said, "Look at that airplane!" as she gazed past us out the window.  This is exciting!!!

Today, instead of thrashing her head and neck to and fro, she has begun moving her entire upper body back and forth.  At times she sits straight up for just a second and cranes her head to the right to look directly at us.  She is also moving her left arm quite a bit, something she has not done since surgery.   

Her long term memory seems to be intact since she instantly recognizes people she hasn't seen in some time.  We were telling her that some of her relatives are following this blog from Greece. We were trying to say their names, and weren't sure if she was even following the conversation, when she piped up and told us how to pronounce one of them!  

All in all, this has been a great day so far!