healing thoughts needed for fellow TE rider Helga

[bikerz]

Wow - such great support for Helga! I've just printed out your wishes for her (10 pages!) and I'm heading over to the hospital now. I know she'll be really touched by your concern.

I'll post an update after I see her,

Ann (BikerZ)

and here's the update -

She's so much better even than yesterday - she seems much more like her old self (which she admitted might not be such a good thing! - ha ha) She's still got a lot of pain, and will probably be in for at least another couple of days, but definitely improving. I left her with an 11-page print-out of all your wishes - thanks so much for your concern and support.

[LBTC]

Well? How is she doing now? It's been 2 days since an update!!

I hope she continues to improve in leaps and bounds, and keeps that great sense of humour!!

Still thinking happy healing thoughts while trying to get that scary picture out of my brain! whew! I'm so glad it wasn't any worse!!

Namaste,
~T~

[bikerz]

I saw Helga (Frances) tonight and she is going so much better! I took her a printout of all of your good thought and posts for her, and she was very touched. She is very strong and resilient, and her sense of humer is back full force. Tomorrow she is being transferred to another local hospital for PT and some rehab, and hopefully she'll be back home here in our neighborhood very soon (it's way too quiet and boring without her!)

I'll post again with an update soon, and hopefully she'll be making her own contribution to the thread before long. Thanks for all your good wishes!

- Ann (BikerZ)

[SadieKate]

Do hospitals have Wi-Fi? Probably not because it would interfere with some equipment. Wait a minute, don't the docs have all kinds of hand-held gadgets these days? It would be nice if she could post and read directly.

Thanks for the update, Ann. You're a good friend.

[DeniseGoldberg]

Do hospitals have Wi-Fi? Probably not because it would interfere with some equipment. Wait a minute, don't the docs have all kinds of hand-held gadgets these days? It would be nice if she could post and read directly.

Never thought to suggest this, but... when I was in a rehab hospital after my own crash back in 2004, I asked if internet access was available. It turned out that I could get a computer next to my bed, with (wired) Internet access. There was a daily fee; I don't remember how much it was, but I believe it was reasonable. It never hurts to ask!

--- Denise

[bikerz]

Great idea about the wifi - now that she has been transferred to a private hospital, she may have access to amenties like WiFi. She has been in a county hospital, and while this particular county hospital is exactly where you want to be for trauma, it's not really where you want to hang out once you've been moved to the "regular" rooms and are on the way home. I offered to bring in a spare laptop I have so she can watch DVDs, but the consensus is that as soon as she fell asleep the laptop would disappear - I hate to think that is the case, but apparently so.

I should find out today where she is and I'll take in my laptop just in case we can get her connected. She got a real kick out of reading all of the posts from you all I printed out for her earlier in the week!

She's been moving around a little bit with a walker, and with some PT and rehab she should be able to get more comfortable moving soon. Being relased to come home is the strongest motivator right now!

[bikerchick68]

wow! that's great that she's already up with a walker! Great progress

What a bummer that ya can't even trust that in a hospital your stuff won't get stolen... some places should be thief proof and sacred! Ah well... just more motivation to get outta there and back home... tell her we're pulling for her!