A note from Vivian Bailey about her daughter Alicia Bailey:
I don't know quite how to start, but her life and the life of my family has changed in the blink of an eye. My beautiful daughter graduated from UCLA in June 2008 with a degree in International Development. Her hopes to change the world and make a difference have been put on hold, but I think she will make a difference in an unexpected way. She worked for a company named Relief International until Dec 31 of 2008, when she came home to study for her GRE and prepare for graduate school. She then found a soul mate and felt like she was on top of the world. She was happy, happy, happy! After planning a birthday party for him, and burning both ends of the candle, she fell asleep at the wheel while driving home.!
10/2/09: Tomorrow will be 6 months since the accident. She has not waken up enough to follow a command completely. So she remains at home with her mama taking care of her. She can move her left leg so much that she often kicks it off the bed or off the recliner while up. She can actually move all her extremities to some extent. She even once had her insulin pump in her left hand holding it. I didn't put it there; that was yesterday. At times I say to her stretch out your leg and a moment later she has. I don't know if this in a coincidence or not, but I know she is continuing to make her way back to us. Today was a little stressful, because we found out that the waterproof lining covering for her bed is not really waterproof. We found this out after giving her a bath and seeing tiny little drips in the middle of underneath her bed. We took the whole bed apart and let it dry out. Tomorrow is a big day, because the neurologist is starting her on a new med, everybody pray that this is the breakthrough medication.
10/8/09: This past week has been stressful and good at the same time. Alicia hasn't had any real change after being on the new med for one week now. However, she is on a extremely low dose, that her doctor will raise slowly. So I remain hopeful. She remains in good health and I need to remember to remain patient. One neurologist said it takes 6 - 12 months (for this kind of injury) before they start waking up enough to follow a command. The neurons have to grow new pathways. So I have to give my self pep talks daily to stay strong and not be sad. I hope all of you will support me in my decision.
10/26/09: I wish I could say alicia's progress has changed since the last post. But there isn't that much change other than maybe she moves her left hand a little more. I will try to be patient as I hope most of you are. I remain optimistic that this girl will come back to me and her friends who love and miss her sooooo much!!!
I don't know quite how to start, but her life and the life of my family has changed in the blink of an eye. My beautiful daughter graduated from UCLA in June 2008 with a degree in International Development. Her hopes to change the world and make a difference have been put on hold, but I think she will make a difference in an unexpected way. She worked for a company named Relief International until Dec 31 of 2008, when she came home to study for her GRE and prepare for graduate school. She then found a soul mate and felt like she was on top of the world. She was happy, happy, happy! After planning a birthday party for him, and burning both ends of the candle, she fell asleep at the wheel while driving home.!
10/2/09: Tomorrow will be 6 months since the accident. She has not waken up enough to follow a command completely. So she remains at home with her mama taking care of her. She can move her left leg so much that she often kicks it off the bed or off the recliner while up. She can actually move all her extremities to some extent. She even once had her insulin pump in her left hand holding it. I didn't put it there; that was yesterday. At times I say to her stretch out your leg and a moment later she has. I don't know if this in a coincidence or not, but I know she is continuing to make her way back to us. Today was a little stressful, because we found out that the waterproof lining covering for her bed is not really waterproof. We found this out after giving her a bath and seeing tiny little drips in the middle of underneath her bed. We took the whole bed apart and let it dry out. Tomorrow is a big day, because the neurologist is starting her on a new med, everybody pray that this is the breakthrough medication.
10/8/09: This past week has been stressful and good at the same time. Alicia hasn't had any real change after being on the new med for one week now. However, she is on a extremely low dose, that her doctor will raise slowly. So I remain hopeful. She remains in good health and I need to remember to remain patient. One neurologist said it takes 6 - 12 months (for this kind of injury) before they start waking up enough to follow a command. The neurons have to grow new pathways. So I have to give my self pep talks daily to stay strong and not be sad. I hope all of you will support me in my decision.
10/26/09: I wish I could say alicia's progress has changed since the last post. But there isn't that much change other than maybe she moves her left hand a little more. I will try to be patient as I hope most of you are. I remain optimistic that this girl will come back to me and her friends who love and miss her sooooo much!!!