Food, glorious solid food.  While Paige was in physical therapy, Laurie slipped down to the visitors' cafeteria and brought a buffet of Paige's favorite foods to her room.

Paige ate her way through most of the choices until she said she was full.  Laurie then unveiled the slab of chocolate cake that had been in hiding.  Paige thought she might have a little more room.  They both smiled.

Paige worked hard at two sessions of physical therapy, two sessions of occupational therapy and a session of speech therapy.  This will be her core routine, interspersed with medical visits and psychological assessments, now that her strength is returning and she is sleeping more at night.

For her memory test, she was able to recite the months of the year in reverse order (a feat that gives her parents and grandparents pause), recall countries that she has visited, and write a sentence.  These are all improvements from yesterday.

Paige's mind is surprisingly connected to the outside world.  I mentioned that we need a good Secretary of State and asked if she remembered the President's choice.  She came right out with "Hillary Clinton".  Earlier, Laurie read to her from the Times about the President calling the Wall Street bonuses shameful.  Laurie then started to put them in the context of all the bailouts, including the rescue of the auto industry.  Paige exclaimed, "O God, I forgot about that one!"

This evening we watched "Hairspray" until Paige fell asleep.  When Tracy belted out "Good morning Baltimore, every day's like an open door, every night is a fantasy, every sound's like a symphony", Paige muttered,  "My friends wish they could sing that about Greenwich...".

At this moment she is sleeping peacefully.  Thank you all for holding her up in your thoughts and prayers.