I got my girl out of the house!
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, 10-16-2018 at 07:59 AM (2711 Views)
Meg had her surgery 3 years ago. She suffered very serious brain trauma 2 months later from excessive vomiting that caused a vitamin B1 deficiency. She was diagnosed with Wernicke's encephalopathy, and was on life support for a couple of months, hospital for 3 months, and left with permanent brain injury. She did get most of her vision back after going blind, but still has terrible nystagmus and no peripheral vision. She also cannot walk without a walker, and even with the walker the walking is not very good. She has suffered tremendous anxiety and depression which seem to be her biggest hurdle at this point. But...
She had a great couple of days. She was walking well and happy. I got her out of the house willingly!! We went to a bar with my husband and a guy that works with him who is close to Meg's age. We fun. She flirted! She did get entirely too drunk off of two drinks. I stopped drinking after about a third of my only drink. I could not risk not being able to take care of her, and the drink was hitting hard. We were only out for 2 hours, but SHE WAS OUT OF THE HOUSE. Unfortunately, now two days later, she is crying with her depression taking over again, but I'll take all the good days we can get.