10:00PM. I think getting on a schedule is going to be a good thing…if we can perfect it!! ha
My morning phone call came at 5AM; I gave Katie her pain pills, helped her get re-settled in bed, then was back asleep by 5:45. I slept til almost 7:30, so I had a nice morning “cat nap”. I got Katie up around 8-ish, then we went downstairs for breakfast. She wanted oatmeal, but not the instant….oh, boy. That meant I had to cook it. She gave me directions, so it turned out really well. She ate the whole bowl, which was wonderful since she doesn’t have much of an appetite right now.
We went back upstairs so she could take a shower and get out of her pajamas. It’s always nice to change into “day clothes”. She hit a milestone today…..she was able to take her t-shirt off by herself. First time since last week she had the range of motion and muscle-ease to do that.
After her shower, she fell asleep on the couch; I had to leave for work (cleaning a house), so I left her in Alex’s capable hands. He’s such an incredible, caring brother. He was going to give her about a half hour to sleep, then go on her walk outside with her. Instead, she was too tired to go, but he was here when the Physical Therapy guy—Scott—showed up about 11:30am. The three of them went for a walk.
I came home before Scott left, so I got to meet him. He was great. Katie feels so much more at ease now; she knows she can do leg stretches, back stretches, move her arms more, etc. As long as she’s not putting pressure on the sternum, she’s fine. In the hospital, all you heard was “don’t do this….don’t do that…..blah…blah…blah…” She was almost afraid to move. Scott is a perfect PT—calm, easy-going, young, and in shape. He’ll be back Friday.
Katie, Alex and I took a walk in the early evening. The walk was still 6 minutes, like the other day (Sunday), but she was able to go two houses farther than the Sunday. Yay!!
A few minutes ago, she breathed into her Spirometer again, and she’s up to about 2,000 consistently. In the hospital she was averaging between 800 and 1,000. She’s progressing so well.
Right now, she and I are watching “Chopped” on Food Network, where every week four different chefs compete in timed food-cooking challenges using out of the ordinary ingredients. It’s one of our favorite shows.
Her next pain pill is at midnight; she can now go sometimes 5 hours between pills, so it’s not a consistently solid 4 hours between them, which means her last pill of the day….the one which will get her through the night….can be anywhere between 10pm and midnight. The trick is, the earlier the night-time/bed-time pill, the earlier she’ll need it in the morning for the dreaded AM achiness and pain. I think it’s better to go to bed a little later.
Til later……
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