This morning, while waiting for the her morning medications, Cathy was sitting up on the edge of her bed taking in the view from her room. She had been sitting there for a while when I thought she was trying to say something (mouth the words) to me. After a few "what's?" and "say that again please", I realized that she wasn't trying to talk to me, she was sitting there singing to herself. Singing and swinging her legs to the beat of the song that was playing loudly in her head (she wouldn't tell me the name of the song). At that moment I knew it was going to be a good day.
During their rounds, the medical team again discussed moving Cathy to a long term care facility. This time the discussion focused on the move being more of a bridge to going home. Who would have thunk it? Cathy may actually be able to go home and wait for her transplant. They still have not had their discussion with the transplant team. This should occur on Monday. It sounds like once a decision is made, things will move fast. Stay tuned......
One of the transplant attending physicians (Dr. Lynch if your keeping score) also stopped by this morning. He acknowledged that the G-tube procedure was a big set back for Cathy, but she is doing a lot better now. She was severely anemic earlier in the week, which was why they gave her the two units of blood. He also said that Cathy's case is discussed every Thursday and with the progress he has seen, he believes Cathy should be re-listed this Thursday. Three Votes!!!!!
Cathy was able to eat a full serving of pureed eggs for breakfast along with half of a yogurt. For lunch she ate an entire serving of pureed egg salad and and about half a portion of cottage cheese. She is still fighting the nausea, but it has diminished to a point where she can 'eat around it'.
Cathy's pain management is back to dealing primarily with her chronic headaches. The pressure sores are slowly healing. To top things off, Cathy has been on the trach collar since yesterday morning at 5am!!! Thirty-six hours and still going strong.
A totally UP day!
1 comment:
What difference a day can make!!
Count me in as Vote Four for the transplant relisting!
Cathy lets sing...
Rock 'n roll is here to stay, it will never die
It was meant to be that way, though I don't know why
I don't care what people say, rock 'n roll is here to stay
(We don't care what people say, rock 'n roll is here to stay)
Rock 'n roll will always be our ticket to the end
It will go down in history, just you wait, my friend
Rock 'n roll will always be, it'll go down in history
(Rock 'n roll will always be, it'll go down in history)
So come on, everybody rock, everybody rock,
everybody rock, everybody rock
Everybody rock 'n roll
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