Good Evening
Just left the hospital so I'll make it shorter tonight than usual. Andrea had a fairly goood day. She slept a lot this morning, but it seemed as the day wore on she became more alert. Last night I reported that they had removed her breathing tube and she was somewhat anxious about it, mostly because of how painful her throat was. They also put her on oxygen via nose prongs, but this morning they removed them so now she is on room air only. At 1 oclock physio therapy came by and they sat her up on the edge of the bed for 8 minutes. This was more so that she would cough up some phlegm that was quite low down. She was very weak and wobbly, couldn't sit without support. Now tonight she wanted to sit up straight in bed so we helped her do it for maybe 3 minutes. She moves around in bed quite a lot, doesn't complain too much of pain. Her feeds were started again about 30 hours ago, and this morning they were increased again, and she seems to be tolerating them without complaining and her stomach is starting to move again so there is definitely progress. The big question is what will her kidneys do when they stop the dialysis, will they start producing urine again and how much? Finally now she has a little tinge of pink in her cheeks again and I don't think it is from being too hot or running a fever. Tonight Faye asked her if she was sick of being sick and she nodded yes. She also said that she wanted to get better soon. Thanks for all your emails, they are a real source of inspiration to us. Also keep up your prayers, she has a long way to go yet.
Thanks, Maynard
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