Today has been probably the best day in a looong time! Even before the procedure...she just hadn't bounced back from the previous infection and her body was showing it in her tests that things weren't doing well and causing issues after so long with a partial blockage in her bile duct. It was great to see some of her energy returning, her goofiness in full force, and appetite undiminished! lol We had a busy day too! They wanted her up and around as much as possible, and she wanted to be up and around as much as possible! lol
She went to the Beach ( an activity center area) and she painted a picture and played with the toys there and even saw the little therapy dog again there! She was allowed to even feed her treats if she did a trick! She was ecstatic over that, and has many plans for poor frog and summer (her dogs) once home! haha She wandered around a bit downstairs, got some extra lunch (bottomless pit she is) and went with me to pay for a parking pass. Lots of walking! But she did it fine all day, no Tylenol till bed time! She even went and visited a previous hospital roommate who was moved into another room, and brought him a painting she did to make him smile and his parent some of her chocolates :) She had her night nurse laughing nonstop with her goofiness as well!
She also spent quite a bit of time on the computer with me while I read her off the emails and Facebook messages people have sent her through me. She tried to reply to as many as possible but there were ALOT! She had fun reading them and going through all the pictures and telling me what to write! haha Thankfully with being in hospital we had hours to spend at replying, but once outpatients and home with things to do and responsibilities we won't be able to reply as much or as fast :( I'm so thankful for all the wonderful messages she's received though! To see her laugh, and light up at certain things, pictures or words, or to tell me what to write back all excited, it made a huge difference in both of us :)
They did clamp her drain at noon today. She has had some chest pain around the drain that's stopped her in her tracks here and there since they clamped it. We will monitor her overnight and if all is well come morning we will be free as outpatients! I've been shown what I need to do to deal with the drain, given a bag JUST IN CASE, (thank god), prescriptions are filled and the first week of supplies bought for caring for her drain with flushing it 3x a day and changing the dressing around it and the caps each day. I think we are ready to escape!!
It's going to be a sleepless night tonight for me I think though...I'm going to be so paranoid something will go wrong in the middle of the night after they clamped the drain like last time....
She went to the Beach ( an activity center area) and she painted a picture and played with the toys there and even saw the little therapy dog again there! She was allowed to even feed her treats if she did a trick! She was ecstatic over that, and has many plans for poor frog and summer (her dogs) once home! haha She wandered around a bit downstairs, got some extra lunch (bottomless pit she is) and went with me to pay for a parking pass. Lots of walking! But she did it fine all day, no Tylenol till bed time! She even went and visited a previous hospital roommate who was moved into another room, and brought him a painting she did to make him smile and his parent some of her chocolates :) She had her night nurse laughing nonstop with her goofiness as well!
She also spent quite a bit of time on the computer with me while I read her off the emails and Facebook messages people have sent her through me. She tried to reply to as many as possible but there were ALOT! She had fun reading them and going through all the pictures and telling me what to write! haha Thankfully with being in hospital we had hours to spend at replying, but once outpatients and home with things to do and responsibilities we won't be able to reply as much or as fast :( I'm so thankful for all the wonderful messages she's received though! To see her laugh, and light up at certain things, pictures or words, or to tell me what to write back all excited, it made a huge difference in both of us :)
They did clamp her drain at noon today. She has had some chest pain around the drain that's stopped her in her tracks here and there since they clamped it. We will monitor her overnight and if all is well come morning we will be free as outpatients! I've been shown what I need to do to deal with the drain, given a bag JUST IN CASE, (thank god), prescriptions are filled and the first week of supplies bought for caring for her drain with flushing it 3x a day and changing the dressing around it and the caps each day. I think we are ready to escape!!
It's going to be a sleepless night tonight for me I think though...I'm going to be so paranoid something will go wrong in the middle of the night after they clamped the drain like last time....