11/14/13
A special day for Nicole. Her first regularly scheduled follow-up (not urgent care...) AND her Grandmother's birthday. Nicole's Primary Care doctor removed the dressings on her surgery site. The doctor was quite pleased to see the way her incision is healing. No sign of infection. Her heart is ticking along fine.  Nicole is in good spirits and working to improve her stamina and range of motion with her left arm (impacted by the ICD placement).

Nicole made it out again for a walk in the neighborhood and is committed to working on her breathing exercises to restore the full function of her left lung.

Waiting to hear from the school district about the tutoring; collecting the class work from her teachers to start the process to help her return to school.  Heard from the neuropsychology group at Children's; they are happy to hear she has had testing in the last couple years against which to compare her current function.