KristyW
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I received this from Bob B (Marcia B's) husband tonight:
Folks,
This morning when I visited Marcia she was sitting in a chair next to her bed in intensive care. In front of her was some juice, coffee and a container of some unidentifiable, white colored gruel. She still had lots of tubes attached to her and shortly the nurses came by to assist her back into bed. She looked much better but was still rather weak and somewhat miserable feeling as one can imagine. We talked some and visited quietly for nearly an hour as she rested. A pulmonary doctor stopped by on her rounds to listen to her lungs and heart. She was impressed by Marcia?s progress. The nurses too kept insisting that despite how she felt and looked that she was doing well above average for someone having had similar surgery.
She did not want to talk too much as it was uncomfortable, the nurse said much of her discomfort was from the chest tubes (drainage) that were soon to come out. Just after I left for the morning they removed the chest tubes, central IV line, and took her off the small amount of oxygen that she was still getting full time. They then moved her to the cardiac patient wing.
Christine, Ellie and I returned to visit again after dinner. What a difference a day makes! Marcia looked a lot more like herself tonight. That sweet banana smile was there, as were her big bright eyes, her color was near normal but her voice is still a little weak. We talked and joked a little but no belly laughs yet. She said getting rid of the chest tube was a big help. She said she had walked up and down the hall once or twice, got a chance to use a real toilet again, had some solid ?food? for dinner and tomorrow she gets to take a shower! All the intravenous lines are gone except the ones for drug injections and she still is using oxygen occasionally.
She tired after about 45 minutes, got a pain pill from the nurse and we bid her good night. As of today she is scheduled to come home no later than this Sunday AM.
BOB B
Folks,
This morning when I visited Marcia she was sitting in a chair next to her bed in intensive care. In front of her was some juice, coffee and a container of some unidentifiable, white colored gruel. She still had lots of tubes attached to her and shortly the nurses came by to assist her back into bed. She looked much better but was still rather weak and somewhat miserable feeling as one can imagine. We talked some and visited quietly for nearly an hour as she rested. A pulmonary doctor stopped by on her rounds to listen to her lungs and heart. She was impressed by Marcia?s progress. The nurses too kept insisting that despite how she felt and looked that she was doing well above average for someone having had similar surgery.
She did not want to talk too much as it was uncomfortable, the nurse said much of her discomfort was from the chest tubes (drainage) that were soon to come out. Just after I left for the morning they removed the chest tubes, central IV line, and took her off the small amount of oxygen that she was still getting full time. They then moved her to the cardiac patient wing.
Christine, Ellie and I returned to visit again after dinner. What a difference a day makes! Marcia looked a lot more like herself tonight. That sweet banana smile was there, as were her big bright eyes, her color was near normal but her voice is still a little weak. We talked and joked a little but no belly laughs yet. She said getting rid of the chest tube was a big help. She said she had walked up and down the hall once or twice, got a chance to use a real toilet again, had some solid ?food? for dinner and tomorrow she gets to take a shower! All the intravenous lines are gone except the ones for drug injections and she still is using oxygen occasionally.
She tired after about 45 minutes, got a pain pill from the nurse and we bid her good night. As of today she is scheduled to come home no later than this Sunday AM.
BOB B
