Hello Everyone
Sorry this is so late, things were sort of hectic with another patient on the ward tonite, so Andrea's nurse was called out to help, I wanted to wait till things had settled down abit and that Andrea had all her meds and night care done before I left. She had a fairly good day, we had her up in the wheelchair strolling around the hospital in the morning awhile, they have discontinued some pain meds and today her nausea was a lot better. After lunch 3 ladies from PT came by and got Andrea up into a nearly standing position with a stretcher like bed where she was strapped loosely to and then raised to a nearly standing position. That bed, whatever it's name is, has a place to put her feet on so that when she is nearly vertical her feet bear some weight. It was an extremely painful experience for her, the muscles in her calves and thighs were very challenged by this, no wonder, this is the first time in at least 10 weeks that she was in a nearly standing position. She endured 10 minutes of it which they said was very good, often the first time someone is up like that they only can manage a minute or 2 the first time. Speech pathology was in the afternoon and repeated the swallow study that she had such a hard time with last week. This time she did much better,she first had a few ice chips, then a little apple sauce, and finally a few partial teaspoons of water. On Thursday she will have another test, an xray performed while she is swallowing some liquid with a dye or something in it. With that they will definitively tell how far along she is and maybe there are some exercises she can do to help along with it and hopefully she will soon be able to drink at least a little and eat something on her own. O yes, she got some colorful beads today and was stringing them on a string, even though her hands were very shaky, but that is how she will build up strength again. that's all for now, Goodnight.
Regards, Maynard
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