11/2/13

Slept well last night, quiet.  In fact, had to remind her to shut off the TV and try to sleep.  No alarms on the telemetry during the night.

This morning at rounds the team is far smaller: only three staff instead of the 8 or so.  They are pulling her off the IV nutrition and have given her free rein to eat anything she wants.  So it's a burger for brunch (she asks for it to be as rare as they will cook it).  She is looking to get her neck IV removed today and hopes that means she can eat anything she want.  She is so eager to be done here!

Amazing progress. The docs were a bit puzzled when I asked about changes in her ejection fraction in the last echo, and after reviewing the chart say she appears at baseline compared to pre-event followups with cardiology here.  I'm a bit unclear on what her function is, but will follow up with her cardiologist. Regardless, if they aren't worried, then it's a fantastic improvement in 5 days since she has been "back" with us.  I think their words were "remarkable recovery".  Thank you all for the prayers!

Nicole tells me to say "I'm feeling better, doing great, getting a lot of tubes out. I'm looking forward to getting out soon. I'm looking forward to eating stuff I really want to, steak, burgers!"

Life is good, she says. Got her bacon burger, and made short work of that, and a salad. I think she's coming back!

Nicole is on target for surgery Tuesday for the defibrillator.

Nicole has done well today. Walked around the Pediatric ICU, and the Cardiac ICU.  She was pretty wiped out afterwards but what a great job.  She got all the IV's out today which was great at first, until she found she needed a new IV... Arrrgggghhh!   She used to have a real tough time with needles, but she did a real good job with it this time.  

A henna tattoo from her friend, a visit from her sister, a dinner of steak, and she is feeling almost normal.