Nicole is gaining strength, no backsliding.. This week she has met with her tutor from the Everett School District.. Nicole was surprised when they met: it turns out that she knows the tutor from her 4th grade Tech class! She says "she is not at all what I expected, she is a lot of fun, and we work well together". She will come a couple times in the Thanksgiving week, and has collected information from her teachers. Nicole is a bit overwhelmed with her homework ("I just hope I can remember everything I need to"), but also is looking forward to the challenge.
Nicole received her monitoring equipment in the mail. This monitor seems to provide a couple functions. One is where she holds an antenna over her implanted device, let's it sync, and it will send detailed information back to her cardiologists. The other function seems to be a monitoring of sorts. The monitor has to be placed within 10 feet of where she sleeps, with 24-hour power and phone connection. We will learn more about it in our meeting with the Electrophysiology team in the week after Thanksgiving.
Today Nicole and I walked out into the neighborhood; she made it 9 houses and back. She was beaming with the encouragement from some neighbors. Good to see the progress! She is pleased with the surgery site which is continuing to heal nicely. She can't wait to have the dressing/steri-strips come off in the coming weeks. She is also doing well organizing her medications and can explain what each of them does.
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