10:30AM. Alex and I are here with Katie for a little bit this morning. When we came into her room she was sitting up in her lovely chair; she had a good breakfast this morning; the nurses woke her up for a lovely stroll around the nurse’s station at 5:30 this morning; and they’ve been waking her up every few hours during the night for meds, etc. She’s having such a great, restful time on this vacation!!
She is now taking a shower for the first time since the operation. She was so excited when they told her last night that she’d be able to take one today. I brought her face soap so she’ll feel extra clean.
When she arrived in this room yesterday, she didn’t have a roommate, which was really nice. When I left last night around 10 or so, she was still alone. She now has a roommate—an older lady who was brought in around 3 this morning. Knowing Katie and how sweet she is, she will be good friends with this woman before one or the other leaves.
11:30AM. Alex and are home so Katie can get some rest; I have two houses to clean today, then I’ll be going back over to EMMC after that. She was really exhausted after taking a shower, washing her hair, getting her bandages changed, and having more pain because of all that. This will give her a few hours to sleep, eat lunch, and sleep some more. Well, until they get her up for another walk.
Before her shower, the nurse (Michelle) took the bandages off the incision; they are now gone for good. I was able to see the incision after Katie took her shower, got back in bed, and NM was cleaning the “scar”. It’s healing so well!! It’s a very neat, nicely sewn spot. Looks very healthy. NM said they’d only have to cover it again if it started weeping in places, and then they’d only have to cover those spots. They don’t expect it to open up, though.
As NM was cleaning the incision and generally getting Katie back in order, I noticed some very thin wires sticking out of both sides of Katie’s stomach. Maybe 22 or 24 gauge wire with probes on the ends of each of the three wires on either side. NM explained that they are threaded up into Katie’s heart, then would be connected to a Unit (I can’t remember the name of it right now) in case her heart would “have a problem”. They do that for the first few days, then they will pull them out on the day she goes home. I can’t quite wrap my mind around how the wires will be pulled out but not yank a little of the heart with it, but……..it’s still amazing.
Even though it doesn’t seem like it’s been a busy day for her, she’s doing a ton for only 48 hours after major surgery.
I’m keeping her garden watered and looked after. When I watered it this morning, she had two flowers on her pumpkin vine. I took a picture of it and showed it to her when we went over. I wish she could eat more solid food…I’d take her some of her cute little grape tomatoes. She’s on “almost solid” food (oatmeal, custard, etc), but I don’t think tomatoes are on the menu yet.
She’s doing so well. I’m so pleased and proud of her.
Til later…….
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