End games

Jennifer has made exceptional progress today meeting all of her therapy goals from walking around half of he floor of the hospital to dressing herself to walking up and down a few stairs. She has continued to gain strength in her arms which will help her to get out of bed without twisting.

She has not been eating the food that they have been bringing her as she is on a full solid diet that I don't think I would eat either. The fellow changed her diet to a soft diet and she seems to be eating a bit of this with each meal. She is able to sit in a chair for up to 30 minutes now which greatly aids in eating.

A problem she had last night is with her pain management. She only gets pain medication now if she asks for it and then only every four hours. This is fine if someone is there to remind her but when she is asleep and wakes up in pain it takes at least 20-30 minutes for the nurse to get to her and get the pain meds and then at least as long for the medication to take effect again. This will be a great improvement when she is finally discharged as we will be better able to respond to her immediate needs and not make her wait in pain for up to an hour. That was probably her pain low point for her hospital stay. She wants to come home.

On the positive note, her "plumbing" is all working now as of this evening so she will probably be discharged tomorrow after they do some more stairs, take some x-rays and remove her central line. I will be glad to not have to leave her to have to wait for someone to answer her call with a 20 minute delay.

Looking forward to the discharge.

Jonathan