Day 6 - April 16th

Good news, she got all but one of her IVs out! The mess of tubes going into her neck has dramatically decreased and that pleases everyone. They are still in the process of weaning her off of the last cardiac IV drug which normally takes 2 days and is taking a little longer but nobody cares because 'everyone is different'.

She also has cut way down on her pain meds and changed from oxy(cotin, codine, whatever, who can keep them all straight, you know the good stuff) to something about 1/2 as strong and it is working just fine. She also does not need it as often as she did before. I think this is good as she seems more like herself, not 100% yet but getting there.

She still takes a lot of naps which is odd because I never knew anyone who could sleep in a hospital.

She walked around the nurses station 3 different times today. She still has to stop a few times but it is an improvement. She doesn't seem to like it when I say 'here she comes spinning out of the turn' when she rounds a corner though, I wonder why?

She met with a person from pharmacy today to talk about her meds and to start getting used to all the drugs she will need to take. I was not there but there will be a few more meetings since there are a bunch of drugs to get straight. They have a sheet with pictures of the pills, names of them and their purpose to help keep it all straight.

She was able to concentrate enough today to play one game of solitaire, after she finished she was exhausted. Another good sign is her appetite is back, possibly from the steroids, but she is eating meals which can only help.

A wonderful mom from Matt's water polo team took a picture of the team with a picture saying "Now we cheer for you". We were both very moved by the picture. I have asked for an electronic copy to post here and was told that it would be sent. the picture is currently hanging in a prominent place in her her room. Thank you again Rhonda!!