Final Friday Update

Mommy finally came back to the room. No ICU which is great. When she got here we had some scare in that she was not breathing very well. Her oxygen saturations were falling into the 70's which is WAY too low. In order to stay in the 90's she needs to have her breathing machine on with supplemental oxygen. This is close to what we were afraid would happen and would actually require her being intubated. But as long as we can maintain her saturations with the mask we are doing okay.

The big downside is that she cannot talk. She feels a bit like she is suffocating in the mask but some anti anxiety meds have taken care of that for now. We have taken the mask off for brief moments to try and let her communicate but she is just too weak to get words out. She is also still, daddy believes, a bit "loopy" and incoherent with some of her words.

She just now (4 hours or so back in the room) was asking daddy some logical questions. She is confused about her surroundings, some of the medical devices that are on her, etc. and was asking questions trying to figure them out. She also just now asked for pain meds for the first time since being out of surgery.

Daddy got a small break (a couple of hours) where he went out to the van to sleep. We have (had?) an air mattress that fills up the wheel chair van pretty good and daddy was going to try and get some sleep in the van. Problem 1 was that it was 95+ degrees outside today. Problem 2 was that the air mattress caught on something sharp and popped :( Daddy did get a few hours though while Grandma M stayed with mommy. Now it is a second full night up with mommy. Daddy is working on 2 hours sleep in the last two days.

THANK you Grandma and Grandpa for bringing in some snacks and Shawn for lunch and other goodies. At least there is something to eat in the room now.