Sunday has been a fairly quiet and uneventful day, We had visitors this afternoon which was nice. Andrea was given an anti nausea IV medication which knocked her out for most of the day, not surprising after a night like she had the night before, she woke 3 times to vomit and very upset stomach. We hope they find another medication that is more effective, she still needs to be awake during the day for PT, OT, getting out of bed and into the wheelchair etc. Today the pump doctor told us that this is the hardest time in her recovery, when she was so very sick every improvement could be measured like a milestone,getting her off of heart support drugs one at a time, drainage tube removal one at a time etc. Now she has improved to the point that she needs to heal, and it is not fast enough or measureable enough for her to feel any real changes herself, and it is hard for her to see clear milestones, so even though she is getting stronger, she cannot really notice the improvements that we see. Hope she can soon feel more encouraged of herself, I think sometimes she does not believe she has improved as much as we tell her that she has. Goodnight to all.
Thanks, Maynard
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