What a super sucky day!

We finally went back to her at the time we were allowed  (11am), and she was still dealing with alot of pain, she was so weak and gray - heartbreaking!  They worked with her and gradually started to get it under control.  She actually did very well advocating for herself, sometimes it is just a trial and error process (big error turning off the epidural) and she is very sensitive to medications.

Although the pain seemed to be under control, she was having a lot of trouble with nausea which was really tough because she needs to be up and walking to clear and expand her lungs but between her leg (quite puffy, so hard to put her prosthetic on) and feeling yucky it's a constant struggle and she was so tired!!!  Also her blood pressure was very low - at one point 80 over 40 something!

As the day went on, she started to perk up a little bit, and she got up for a little, but not for long.  She was really working hard on her breathing exercises and it just breaks my heart to see how hard it is for her to even take a deep breath.

She is in a very busy unit and nurses, physios, pain specialists and in and out constantly.  Her surgeon came in and said again how pleased he is with how everything went.  

By the time we left she was resting, her blood pressure was back up to low/normal, she had eaten some broth - so we felt a bit more hopeful.

So today - hopefully she'll get the drainage tube out of her chest.  Then more up and around, epidural out, pain control, good breathing and coughing - all on the road to getting home! 

She thinks that tomorrow might be a good day to start having visitors - again please text or msg us first.
Thank you so very much for all the words of encouragment in so many different ways - text, msg, voice mail - it's endless - it really helps to know we're not alone in this - you can't even imagine how much!