28th of September

Noon Friday. I think Jaana is having a great Firday. It started of with some exercises with the speech/physio/occupational therapist. After that at 11am, the hair dresser came and after that she had her first shower in 14 days! With a big smile on her face she lay down on her bed and Hakan and Christina came by. Christina gave her an good foot massage, and she fell a sleep like a baby. She stayed awake for a good 4 hours and now needs to rest a bit. At 1.30pm the speech therapist will come and give her a strawberry smoothie which Parmi has made with fresh American strawberries, her favourite.

2.48pm Friday afternoon. Before reporting anything more about Jaana I would like to clarify a few points about Warfarin and Strawberries as some concern has been mentioned.

"Warfarin is a synthetic drug derived from the naturally occurring coumarins found in a wide variety of plant species worldwide. Coumarins are the parent organic compounds that work as natural pesticides in plants such as lavender, grasses like sweet clover, and food plants like strawberries and lemons"

It should be made clear that Jaana ate probably 2 strawberries in total and thus it should not be a problem. It is true that a huge amount of any food will alter your body minerals. And a massive amount of strawberries could potentially alter the effect of the Warfarin. Jaana's blood has not problem with Protein C or S.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warfarin
http://www.drgourmet.com/warfarin/warfarinrecipes.shtml (see the strawberry stuff)
http://www.lassesen.com/cfids/supplements/vitamin_k.htm

Furthermore, I take advise seriously so if you have them to give, please continue to do so. If there is a true danger, I hope you will call me +65-91170472 or +65-91170486 since I do not access the blog every hour.

4.06pm Friday afternoon. In addition to her strawberries, she also ate a lot of mashed potatoes and some mango juice. She really seem to appreciate some proper food. The speech therapist was happy with this and hopefully her progress can extend into the next couple of days. Early reports indicates that she was quite tired in the afternoon for the physio session, but still made good effort in some walk-abouts.

6.31pm Friday evening. She is in a deep sleep after todays activity. It is obvious that she needs a rest and will most likely do so until tomorrow morning. Hoever though, i can really detect that she is more alert and awake during the days. Also a good thing, since therapy is only useful if you are awake!