So the drainage tube is out - an ordeal, there was about a foot of tube inside her and the withdrawal was very painful, but it's gone!
Now she just has the IV and the epidural tubes, so she's almost free.
Nausea is much better, pain is under control and she did a lap around the nurses station and is pretty much able to walk with her prosthetic without the walker as well, so much more independence (and she beat us in crib!!!).
Her spirits are pretty good, especially when the drugs really kick in - haha, it's so funny - and she is asking for crackers and wants chicken nuggets. She hasn't eaten anything solid because of the nausea - maybe today.
All in all, I think she's gone from about 20% to 60% of herself.
She is up for quick visits!
Now, today she really has to work on getting her lungs back to capacity - they are still very "quiet".
Thanks again for all the encouragement!
This is how it goes - slow , slower and slowest, but all in the right direction!! I'm so glad and relieved that today Jacqui was playing crib, walking and wanting some food! Ahhhh! She's so incredibly determined, and that's, in part due ti what she's witnessing "on the outside"..... By You and Peter and her friends etc etc.
ReplyDeleteI smile in your general direction.....as Borat would say!!!