Stand on your own two feet

Jennifer is making rapid progress toward recovering and being able to have the tubes and hoses disconnected to her. Switching from the morphine to another IV pain killer has greatly helped with the nausea but she is still having problems feeling sick. The resident told us yesterday that it is probably due to the fact that Jennifer is narcotic naive and it is just going to be that way until she can get onto some oral pain meds.

I again stayed with her last night and she slept most of the night except for when the nurses or techs were in the room. The nurse she had last night was not the best caregiver. She was fine medically but just did not have that personal touch and did not listen to what Jennifer was telling her about how she should be adjusted. She really felt like a just a body in a bed. I will speak with the charge nurse this afternoon to try and make sure that Jennifer does not have her again if possible.

The good news this morning is that her GI is waking up and they have begun transferring her off of the IV narcotics to oral medication. She is also taking clear liquids as she progresses back to normal foods. She sat up for quite some time this morning with the physical therapist and was even able to stand for a little bit. The nausea is the only thing that prevented her from going farther but hopefully that will be taken care of now. She wants to make progress and is pushing herself to make that progress. Her spirits are good toward making a recovery and leaving the hospital.

Thank you to everyone that has been so supportive with your thoughts, prayers and generosity. We constantly wonder how much more difficult this whole process would be if we were on our own.

Jonathan