Chris spent the first night out of the NSICU in a step down room and it didn't go all that well. Again she couldn't sleep, headaches, and said she was pretty miserable. When the surgeon, her main doc, made his daily rounds he felt some of that was to be expected and felt she was good enough to move out of the step down unit into a regular room, and start disconnecting her from most of these tubes. So we moved two doors down into a regular room. AND ...."if no problems arise you can go home Thursday", THURSDAY, like day after tomorrow!!!
Last night, in the regular room she slept better, with a chemistry assist. She did wake up and stay awake from about 3:30 AM on though. When Laura and I arrived just after her breakfast, the lack of sleep and residual effects of the sleep aid had her dozing heavily. A bit later, somewhat re-energized, and with help she was able to sit in the shower. First shower in almost two weeks. Really felt great getting clean and she did well for the rest of the day.
Dinner came and so did a visitor, our neighbor and good friend Pam. Chris was thrilled to see her. After dinner Chris kind of took a nosedive and the bad headache came back. This seems to be a pattern, feeling much worse in the evening. She goes from looking really great to miserable. Got an intermediate pain med because her every four hour med wasn't near due. Hope it works soon. Will have to bring this up with the doc tomorrow. Theresa is here with me this evening and is helping by giving her a massage.
Looking forward to Thursday.
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