Evening, May 1

(e-mail from B. Parady)

A new month, a new hospital for Sabina. As noted, she has been transferred up to Helen Hayes Hospital.

Sabina got up here at 7:30 all in good shape. She is resting at the moment. There are lots of young people up here. They have a full time attendant in her room at the moment at least for one night. They plan to be very aggressive with Sabina's rehab. The word is that recovery is slow here, like watching grass grow.

Shelly's room is free for the asking and she is comfortable. Sabina's surgery will happen at Columbia in a week or two. They are two days away from finishing her skull flap replacement. The surgery is not regarded as a big deal. Likely she will return to a regular room at Columbia and not NICU and be there only one night or two before returning to HHH. Shelly plans to stay with Sabina at HHH until July to get a full course of rehab there and to have the support of the Columbia staff as needed.

That is all for today. I plan to be back in NYC on Sunday and will trek up to HHH. I am planning to take a car.

My prayers for Sabina's steady rehabilitation and Shelly's strong support. People do get very depressed facing a very slow road to rebuilding their lives and need a lot of support.