Andrea had a good day today, although she was very tired. Faye and I agreed that this was the most activity Andrea had in one day so far, down to the gym in the morning, 2 hours in the wheelchair, then, back to bed, another round of physiotherapy for her arms with one PT, then another one came in and did leg exercises and had her sitting up on the edge of her bed unaided for around 10 minutes. After a rest she was up for a shower and washing hair included. It seems that they are including more and more routines in her exercising, coming up with new ways to include more muscles groups, and more stretching of muscles, especially in her legs so that standing will become easier. Needless to say this is very exhausting as her muscles are pushed harder and harder, and when she is back to bed she usually falls asleep immediately. We are trying to have her awake as much as possible so that she can sleep at night, this is a struggle as a hospital is not conducive to getting a good sleep. That part is slowly improving too, when her night has been fairly good she has a better day the next day. Well it is off to slumberland here soon too, goodnight.
Regards, Maynard
PS I forgot to mention that she was down to the gym today without her IV pole, she is now on oral coumadin and her feeds could be shut off for 2 hours, makes it much easier to get around and don't have to worry about snagging IV lines etc.
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