Quotes by Maggie Mermin

“Physically, she is doing beautifully. Emotionally, as well as can be expected. She gets frustrated at times, but she recognizes everyone. You can see a lot of expression in her eyes and face. She can point to pictures and words when she wants to communicate. She clearly wants to communicate. She just cant get the words out.”

“Im not certain shell have full recovery. We certainly hope for that.”

“She did very well in rehab. She makes progress every day. Were very hopeful that shell never have another (stroke).”

“I am expecting more improvement. She doesnt have to be back to normal in order for us to release her. We send people home for home physical therapy all the time. But because she needs such intense therapy, we thought we would just keep her here and do it here.”

“She has said two or three short sentences. When she sees here children, she says I love you. At first she was only repeating things that the speech therapist said to her, or [the speech therapist] would start a song and [King] would start to sing it. Now she is coming up with what she wants to say, which is new. Every day, there is a little progress.”

“She is learning to use her left hand and relearning to use her right hand. Her personality is the same. Her intellect is the same and her smile is the same. The right side of her face is moving a little more, so she is looking like herself.”

“She is saying some sentences. Yesterday she walked 80 feet twice.”

“The risk is not zero. But its low.”

“She was really clear about that, she did not want it. We said okay, but you have to get enough calories.”

“Shes quite comfortable and her spirits are good. This is a pretty rough thing shes going through.”