Saturday

Yesterday was better than the day before. Chris spent most of the day asleep and out of it but for the brief times she woke up her headaches were not as bad as they had been. They decided to give her a stronger drug which helped her. The "turbin" bandage was removed, and the actual incision was visible - wow! It was a bit more than I had anticipated. It is just above the hair line and runs from the center of her forehead all the way to the right ear and was closed with staples. Her face is swollen and she has big bruises on her arm and leg from the IV's and the two cerebral angiograms. Not as cute as usual. We took a picture for her to see later. Sorry, not going to share it.

During the day she had a chest X-ray that showed mild pneumonia, so they got out in front of that with antibiotics (another bag of stuff dripping into her from what I am calling the tree of life) and she is getting some respitory therapy. She also had a technician do a sonogram of her head where the vessels are which shows blood flow and detects the vasospasms mentioned earlier. No evidence of them - good news! Her room in the ICU is a busy place, with nurses, doctors and technicians constantly in and out. She is getting GREAT care, and everyone is extremely kind and helpful.