ANNIE PHONED

Actually, Lori phoned because Annie is not well enough to make her hands work yet. But, last night Annie talked on the phone. She only talked about 1 minute and you can tell it is a major effort. She's talking with her trach which means she has to put her finger over it and get what few words out that she can before she needs to take a breath. She sounds a lot like Darth Vader, but none of that matters. She's feeling enough better that she wants to make contact and struggled to make the effort. That's what matters.

The muscles in her chest are very sore from all this breathing stuff. I doubt that most people in the world understand how much energy and effort it takes to breathe.

She's better and for that I am deeply grateful to God and her excellent medicaal providers.