A Good Day for Andrea

Before leaving tonight when I asked Andrea what I should post here, like whether she had a good day or not, she agreed it had been a fairly good day.  She was up from the bed to the wheelchair without the sling by 9 AM, and then was up for almost 2 hours.  The transition from bed to wheelchair was mostly done by the PT person, Andrea contributes very little to that effort.  She is simply too weak to even consider doing it on her own, it is a matter of helping her situp on the edge of the bed, and then PT literally hauls her to her feet.  This is the most painful and taxing thing she has done the last while.  Her leg muscles have shrunk and gotten soft so that when she stands, her muscles stretch again, causing her pain.  The only way through this is ahead, bearing the pain and believing that it is worthwhile to continue, although she realizes that she is definitely stronger than even a week ago.  Her color is improving, her cheeks are more pink again which is good to see.  Tomorrow is dialysis day again, so a good part of the day will be spent in bed.  Hopefully they come early so that she can rest after it and still have time and energy to get into her wheelchair in the afternoon or evening.  We are trying to keep her awake more during the day so that she can sleep better at night.  It's been a long day so goodnight to all.

 

Thanks, Maynard