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Andrea just fell asleep so we were able to leave @ 10. A milestone was reached today, her breathing tube came out and she is able to breathe on her own again. It was a little panicky for her, she has so little strength and was quite anxious, she cannot cough up the phlegm from the back of her throat as she would like to, and it seemed like a lot of effort to breathe on her own. They are reducing the amount of pain medication and also switched her to something that should not make her so drowsy. She is not able to speak yet, the tube was in her throat so long it is quite sore. She can very feebly whisper, so we lip read and try to understand what she is trying to say. Otherwise she is more alert now than she has been since surgery. Tomorrow they will possibly have her situp on the edge of the bed. O yes last night they switched her to a cadillac of beds, they were worried about her getting bed sores. This bed is fully computerized with an air mattress that has many different cells in it that inflate seperately and at different times, it's almost the same as repositioning her, although they still manually need to help her turn from one side to the other. She is not supposed to lie flat on her back for too long in one position, she could develop pneumonia. Her dialysis is still going and we expect it to for a few more days yet, her creatinine and urea levels are getting closer to normal. We will have to spend a lot more intense time with her the next while in her recovery. Thanks for all your support and prayers.
Goodnight, Maynard
Andrea just fell asleep so we were able to leave @ 10. A milestone was reached today, her breathing tube came out and she is able to breathe on her own again. It was a little panicky for her, she has so little strength and was quite anxious, she cannot cough up the phlegm from the back of her throat as she would like to, and it seemed like a lot of effort to breathe on her own. They are reducing the amount of pain medication and also switched her to something that should not make her so drowsy. She is not able to speak yet, the tube was in her throat so long it is quite sore. She can very feebly whisper, so we lip read and try to understand what she is trying to say. Otherwise she is more alert now than she has been since surgery. Tomorrow they will possibly have her situp on the edge of the bed. O yes last night they switched her to a cadillac of beds, they were worried about her getting bed sores. This bed is fully computerized with an air mattress that has many different cells in it that inflate seperately and at different times, it's almost the same as repositioning her, although they still manually need to help her turn from one side to the other. She is not supposed to lie flat on her back for too long in one position, she could develop pneumonia. Her dialysis is still going and we expect it to for a few more days yet, her creatinine and urea levels are getting closer to normal. We will have to spend a lot more intense time with her the next while in her recovery. Thanks for all your support and prayers.
Goodnight, Maynard
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