As Day Forty ends, Jenny’s vitals remained normal and she thankfully appears to be in a much better condition than yesterday. As the evening went on she was speaking a bit more than usual and I could see hints of Jenny’s personality pop up as I talked to her throughout the evening from her facial expressions and subtle nuances. A few phrases she repeated today were

“I want to watch a movie.”

which prompted an attempted conversation about what was the last movie we watched together (Barbie) and what movie theater was her favorite (Grant Park). She could not remember either but she kept saying she insisting on wanting to watch a movie. Another phrase she kept saying was

“You don’t want to help me.”

but she said this with a bit of a smile so all I could do was laugh. I know when she asks me to do something for her there are times I cannot because I do not have approval from the staff. She then started talking about a subject that I try to avoid since it involves the accident. She asked

“Why am I here? and I responded

“You were in a very bad accident.” and I remember her raising her eyebrows and her face becoming one of disbelief as she said

“Oh my goodness I was in an accident?”

I then asked her if she knew what date it was and she said she had no idea.

Throughout the evening I was happy to notice she has begun doing the hand exercises the O.T. (Occupational Therapy) team taught her. Her right arm is still in very bad condition and doesn’t move but I have seen her continue to try and stretch those fingers and move the arm with her other working arm. Her right eye still remains completely unresponsive and the ophthalmologist team have no scheduled date to see her next but I have put in a formal request for a follow up on it’s condition.

Lastly, yesterdays update Day Thirty-Nine was a severely difficult day for me and I wanted to leave this note of acknowledgement to those who commented or wrote a message to me. I read them all. Thank you.