Tuesday July 13th, 2010

Here is Alyee this evening with her ice cream. It put a big smile on her face.

Today Pauline Andrea and I arrived at the hospital at 9:30am. Manny was there looking well, and making sure that all of Alysons needs were being taken care of. Her catheter had been removed, and she was now having to use a bed pan. It was no longer the "first class" service she had been getting earlier. Getting out of the bed was impossible because she was still connected to so many machines.

The large patch that had been on her left arm, that had several tubes and wire on it was now gone, and instead she had one smaller IV in that arm.

She had eaten some apple sauce and juice for breakfast.

Her voice was a little stronger. Her sentences a little longer, and she was more aware of her situation. All great signs of continued improvement.

Her left arm was hurting a bit, from all the needles that had been in there.

Her neck is sore and they are giving her some pain medication for that.

Her bladder was full, and they helped her to releive herself. Once that had happened she slept most of the afternoon.

The doctor issued two new orders for her. Solid food and to get her into a chair.

Late in the afternoon, they got her into a chair for almost an hour. She sat there and talked. Then they moved her back to her bed.

Pauline and Andrea went to the food court downstairs and got Alyee a Subway sandwich and some ice cream. When that came into the room, she lit up and was ready to eat. She ate most of the subway sandwich and had a bit of ice cream. It felt good on her throat. It wasn't long after eating that she was ready to go back to sleep.

To sum up today, she again made great progress. She met her goals of getting out of bed, and moving to solid food. Her humor is back and so is her spirit. She is still confused, has some short term memory loss, and not sure why she is here or where she is. She has lost track of the last 4 days, which may be a good thing. At times she still thinks she is at camp.

Pauline is spending the night in the room with here. I took Manny to get a good meal of Chinese food, before we got back to camp.