Update on Judy Smart

4/13/09

Information from Linda Wells.

I just spoke with Judy. She sounds good except she does sound a little weak...I think that can be expected considering what she has been through. She told me that she was going home Wednesday (4/14/09). She is looking forward to that since she has been in the hospital for 2 months. She said the place in Poplar Bluff that she is in now has been a real blessing to her, that she could not do anything when she got there and now she is up walking, talking and a lot of things that she was not able to do before. I asked her about the places in her head and she said they went in and repaired the one that burst. The other one is so tiny that they would do more harm to her trying to fix it than if they left it alone. They told her there was only a 5% chance that it would burst. She is expected to make a full recovery and said the doctors and nurses were really impressed that she had made such improvements in such a short time, that most who had this happen to them either did not survive or it took them a much longer time to get better. She asked that we keep her on our prayer list.


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4/7/09

The trache has been removed from Judy's neck. She is able to walk around...she is walking to rehab and her memory is returning. She has a phone that we can call her and the number is 573-727-2322. This is a direct line to Judy's room.