Today seemed to be a day of small progress, Andrea had more pain today than yesterday, and generally wasn't as cheerful as usual, although tonight she seemed a little better. Thankfully her stomach is moving the waste through, the vomitting seems to be over, she does not complain of nausea either. But she is so weak and frail that her recovery will at best be very long. the plan is to try dialysis at night only and see if her kidnes will start up again, this will allow more active physiotherapy and to try to get her mobile again. Today she was on the speaker valve for 5 hours again which is a lot less support for breathing than being ventilated, but she quickly tires out so today was done in two sessions. Tomorrow they want to get her sitting on the edge of her bed which will be the first time since surgery on Friday. Her pain is mostly her stomach incision, which the surgeon today said was healing up nicely. As you can see it is an emotional rollercoaster we are on, pray for strength for Andrea and her parents to endure.
Thanks and Goodnight, Maynard
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