Britney had lots of pain over the weekend. She had a really bad day today. She was crying out loud a lot of the day. She was able to calm down with a lot of massage, heat packs, pain medicine, stretching. She is hopefully going to get the first test dose of baclofen soon. It is done by a lumbar puncture to see how she tolerates it. She has to be closely monitored because it can depress her breathing a lot and if it is bad she may have to go on a ventilator until it wears off. Then she has to get the pump inserted into her spinal canal by a neurosurgeon. I spoke a lot with Dr. Ripley, one of the Neuro Rehab doctors from Craig that has been following her a lot. He said she is really early in her recovery. Brain injuries from lack of oxygen typically take a lot longer to heal from than traumatic brain injuries. He said that it may be many more months or longer than a year for us to know what kind of a recovery she will have. He seemed very optimistic and wanted to give her every chance at recovery. He said that some times they take people to Craig early in their recovery but he thinks it is better to let her come later when she is able to follow commands more so she can use her rehab days from insurance when she can use them more. He said that they can follow her at a skilled nursing home and monitor her baclofen pump until she is ready to do 3 hours of rehab exercise a day (Craig's normal criteria). He is working with Britney's case manager to find a good place after she gets her baclofen pump that would still give her just as much rehab (range of motion) that she is getting now and that can take care of her splints. She is so medically stable that the people at Kindred and Craig think that after she gets her baclofen pump she will be ready to a skilled nursing home with really good therapy. She doesn't need the constant critical care at Kindred anymore because she has been doing so well. She is still on some oxygen but everything else has healed. Hopefully when she gets the baclofen pump she will be able to wake up more and not be in so much pain.