I am now back in the motel room at the end of day 1 of recovery.
At noon Nancy walked down the hall about 50 ft round trip. She had some broth and juice for lunch and dozed along for the afternoon. Instead of using breathing machine she is doing yoga breathing-much more effective. At about 4:30 she walked down the hall again for a round trip of about 100-120 ft. Staff is real pleased about this. They also took her off the IV fluids. The docs made their evening rounds were pleased with her progress. There was talk of removing the epidural within the next couple of days. We were informed that she may appear jaundiced and that this was normal.
For dinner she had cream of mushroom soup, juice, milk and custard. She's doing well with her eating. The ICU nursed are pleased with her and her progress. Today's nurse said she "scored" by having Nancy as a patient. I'm hoping I was part of that.
Nancy had two visitors today, besides me, Dorothy and Leonard. She had a visit by Kathy Koepke, whom Nancy worked with at Sacred Heart some time ago-she is now working with the transplant program at OHSU. She also had a visit from Kate Mounts, a dear social worker friend that Nancy worked with in Eugene and who now lives in Portland. She enjoyed the visits although she had trouble keeping her eyes open at about halfway through the visit.
I'll blog at you tomorrow.
Love and Peace to all of you,
Franz
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Guaranteed you were part of the nurses "score", Franz! The loving advocate is a key part to recovery, and folks in the hospitals know that, and celebrate it.
Sorry I can't be in Portland for a five-minute visit, but know I'm there in spirit. I look forward to hearing more about the recovery.
Love,
Thank you so much for keeping us all in the loop! You two are a GREAT TEAM! Keep up the great work! Lots of love & strength being sent your way...NTT
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