In a candid report from the NOS you can see how Amy Pieters is doing. On December 23, she had a serious fall and suffered brain damage. “There is little progress. She is convalescing in Dordrecht, but she is now home during the weekends,” said father Peter Pieters.
“First she had to learn to breathe on her own, then she had to learn to eat and now she actually eats completely with us. The next step is that she learns to talk herself,” continues Peter Pieters. After grueling months, the family sees progress, but also realizes that it is a long and unpredictable process.
The Noord-Hollandse is still partially paralyzed. “Her right arm and right leg, that’s not possible yet. She needs help with everything. But we keep hope. The treating doctors are also seeing progress.”
It is impossible to predict how the recovery will go. The family can see that she is taking steps. “She understands more and more when you ask something. Then she nods yes or no. You also notice more and more that she can express her own will again. That she occasionally says no. Do you want to eat? No. But despite everything she is quite optimistic, quite cheerful to deal with,” says Pieters.