Well the word from the "day shift" is that the soup was a big hit. They said she got up around 1:00 ate about half the soup, went for a walk with physical therapy and then sat back down and ate some more of the soup.
Maybe it was magic soup??
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
July 14th, 1:00 PM
I just got back from visiting my Lindsay. She has had a very rough morning. She got up and walked quite a ways this morning but then got sick right after breakfast and has pretty much been in bed ever since.
When I got there about 11:45 I told her I would get her anything she wanted if she wanted to eat something. She told me Panera chicken noodle soup so off I went. There isn't one by the hospital so it took me a bit to get there and get back and when I got back she was sleeping.
She's very weak since she essentially hasn't eaten all day and so I am hopeful that she is, right at this moment, sitting up in her bed eating some soup and it will sit well with her stomach this afternoon.
She seemed to be getting around much better this morning, despite her not feeling well so even though I'm sure she doesn't feel like she's making progress she looks like she's making progress. Her oxygen is off and that is a huge step forward from a couple of days ago. Plus she is able to get her shell on with help and get to the bathroom which she couldn't do a few days ago.
I'll check back in a few hours and hopefully she will have had a much better afternoon. After all, soup makes everything better, right?
When I got there about 11:45 I told her I would get her anything she wanted if she wanted to eat something. She told me Panera chicken noodle soup so off I went. There isn't one by the hospital so it took me a bit to get there and get back and when I got back she was sleeping.
She's very weak since she essentially hasn't eaten all day and so I am hopeful that she is, right at this moment, sitting up in her bed eating some soup and it will sit well with her stomach this afternoon.
She seemed to be getting around much better this morning, despite her not feeling well so even though I'm sure she doesn't feel like she's making progress she looks like she's making progress. Her oxygen is off and that is a huge step forward from a couple of days ago. Plus she is able to get her shell on with help and get to the bathroom which she couldn't do a few days ago.
I'll check back in a few hours and hopefully she will have had a much better afternoon. After all, soup makes everything better, right?
July 14th, 8:00 AM
Lindsay finally got some sleep last night and appears to be in a better more upbeat mood this morning. My dad said she got her sleeping pill at 9:00 and was able to rest comfortably until about 3:00. So while that is not a full nights rest it is still much better than she has been doing.
They are also trying to adjust her medications some more. They are trying to wean her off of her Percocet (Oxycodone) so they have increased her Oxycotton because they told my mom it is more time released.
When I called my dad to check in he said breakfast had just arrived and she was talking about going for a walk so I'm hopeful that a good nights sleep was what she needed to get her going again on her recovery.
They are also trying to adjust her medications some more. They are trying to wean her off of her Percocet (Oxycodone) so they have increased her Oxycotton because they told my mom it is more time released.
When I called my dad to check in he said breakfast had just arrived and she was talking about going for a walk so I'm hopeful that a good nights sleep was what she needed to get her going again on her recovery.
Monday, July 13, 2009
July 13th, 9:00 PM
They got her up and walked her again tonight. Dad seems to think her mood was up a bit but not a ton.
She did manage to eat a couple bites of a soft shell taco and a few bites of potatoes & gravy along with her Enlive. While it's not much, at least it is something.
Tim is staying with her tonight and hopefully the sleeping pill will help her rest and by the time the "morning crew" arrives she will be back to her old self.
She did manage to eat a couple bites of a soft shell taco and a few bites of potatoes & gravy along with her Enlive. While it's not much, at least it is something.
Tim is staying with her tonight and hopefully the sleeping pill will help her rest and by the time the "morning crew" arrives she will be back to her old self.
July 13th, 7:00 PM
Just talked to Mom, hunger strike 2.0 is now officially on again. Once they got back from their walk she was apparently "too tired" to even think about food. So when dinner came instead of eating she just sat there and looked at it. Mom said she tried to get her to eat but Lindsay refused.
So, the nurses brought in a scale for motivation. If she looses any more weight they are going to shove the tube down her nose. When I talked to Mom she said that Dad was now on duty and it was his job to try to get her to eat.
Right now she is not in a good place. She is anxious and tired and hurting and really angry at the world and everyone in it. She needs a good cry and a scream and maybe a hit of the pillow.
As a consolation prize they have ordered her a sleeping pill for this evening in the hopes that if she is able to get some good sleep she may arise on the other side of the bed tomorrow morning as a much happier person.
Prayers and good wishes would be greatly appreciated. She is having a REALLY bad day and I'm very hopeful that perhaps with a good nights sleep and a few healing prayers she can emerge through this dark cloud to see that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
So, the nurses brought in a scale for motivation. If she looses any more weight they are going to shove the tube down her nose. When I talked to Mom she said that Dad was now on duty and it was his job to try to get her to eat.
Right now she is not in a good place. She is anxious and tired and hurting and really angry at the world and everyone in it. She needs a good cry and a scream and maybe a hit of the pillow.
As a consolation prize they have ordered her a sleeping pill for this evening in the hopes that if she is able to get some good sleep she may arise on the other side of the bed tomorrow morning as a much happier person.
Prayers and good wishes would be greatly appreciated. She is having a REALLY bad day and I'm very hopeful that perhaps with a good nights sleep and a few healing prayers she can emerge through this dark cloud to see that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
July 13th, 6:00 PM
They were able to get Lindsay up and walking after the doctors were in. They told her if she didn't get to eating they were going to talk about putting the tube back in so she could get her strength up.
She was hopeful that walking would help her to get some of her appetite back as thus far she has only had very few solid foods and has mostly been living on Ensure and Enlive.
They got her to walk to the nurses station, take a wheel chair ride for awhile and then walk back from the nurses station. Not a terribly long walk but farther than we have been able to get her to go before.
She was hopeful that walking would help her to get some of her appetite back as thus far she has only had very few solid foods and has mostly been living on Ensure and Enlive.
They got her to walk to the nurses station, take a wheel chair ride for awhile and then walk back from the nurses station. Not a terribly long walk but farther than we have been able to get her to go before.
July 13th, 5:00 PM
Just got done visiting Lindsay. She was very down and out today. She has been getting up to go to the bathroom but other than that she wanted no part of being up and around.
Her stomach was causing her quite a bit of pain and discomfort so they did a CT scan and found a small pocket of fluid above her pancreas tube but below her lung. The nurse thought perhaps they would aspirate it out but they decided against it as it is not very large and probably not what is causing her pain.
Her white count is elevated but not enough that they want to give her antibiotics. Right now they are just going to wait and see what her body can do on it's own. She had a slight fever but I think that broke while I was there as she went from cold to hot again.
Overall, she was just in a really bad mood and very anxious because she didn't sleep last night and she's afraid she may never be able to get comfortable to sleep again. She wanted some more pain meds but they told her they are trying to keep her off of too many of them so I think that is making her even more anxious about sleeping tonight.
Her stomach was causing her quite a bit of pain and discomfort so they did a CT scan and found a small pocket of fluid above her pancreas tube but below her lung. The nurse thought perhaps they would aspirate it out but they decided against it as it is not very large and probably not what is causing her pain.
Her white count is elevated but not enough that they want to give her antibiotics. Right now they are just going to wait and see what her body can do on it's own. She had a slight fever but I think that broke while I was there as she went from cold to hot again.
Overall, she was just in a really bad mood and very anxious because she didn't sleep last night and she's afraid she may never be able to get comfortable to sleep again. She wanted some more pain meds but they told her they are trying to keep her off of too many of them so I think that is making her even more anxious about sleeping tonight.
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