Good Evening everybody
Well Andrea had a fairly good day again. She got up from sitting position on the edge of her bed to standing 4 times today with some help. Last night she slept better than she had for awhile and was more rested this morning. Pt and Ot both had their turn with her today, doing exercises etc, she also played with an electronic game in bed this morning. Her nap was an hour and later in the afternoon she had a shower and had her hair washed, after which she was very tired. We are trying to get her to eat a teaspoonful 3 times daily, but because of her tube feeds she is almost never hungry. In a week or so they want to pull her nose tube out far enough so the tube feeds go into her stomach, right now it is just passed through the stomach into the next part so that she is able to tolerate feeds at all. That way they will bolus feed her and possibly not feed her at all during the night. None of us are designed to receive nutrition 24/7. We are all meant to eat a meal or something several times a day, and this is what they are hoping to have her do also eventually. Then they will be able to shut off the tube feeds, she should get hungry and gradually as she grows stronger she will eat normally again. Just need to be patient and take these steps as she is able to, meanwhile building up her strength at the same time. I am tired so off to bed soon.
Thanks, Maynard
PS Andrea called me last night to brag about her day and all the therapy and standing and even eating she had done! It's so awesome to see here getting better! And that she's excited about it too. Nebs
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