Good Evening
Today was a good one for Andrea, after a real good night last night. They restarted her feeds last night and ran them all night and today they were shut off till around 7 PM. She had no nausea today, was up in her wheelchair from before 2 PM till around 7 or so. Her color is getting better, cheeks definitely were slightly rosy in color, could have been flushed with excitement of having her close friends who spent the afternoon with her. This morning she was transferred to another room across the ward to a room with big windows to the outside, hoping that the bright sunshine streaming in during the day will also straighten out her sleep/wake cycle. Tomorrow they want to start with dialysis being done in the dialysis outpatient clinic at 1 PM.That should free up her mornings for more physiotherapy. I think the big push will be to recover strength, especially for walking, her upper body strength is coming along okay, and it should return more on it's own as she is able to walk. The other area to work on is her eating, she hardly eats anything at all, today she had a few bites of toast, but she is never hungry. With becoming more mobile she should develop more appetite, and we are willing to prepare or buy anything at all, just so she will eat. We also are free to leave for day passes whenever she is not occupied, and is feeling up to it. Possibly in a week or two when she is stronger we will try the weekend pass again.
Thanks, Maynard
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