Sunday August 1st, 2010 PM

Day 22 on the ICU floor at Shands Hospital.

Today started off with a couple of concerns with Alyson. She complained of a headache, and she threw up. This raised some concerns with the doctors, but as the day went along, she got past this and this evening she seemed to be back to what her normal is now.

She did not eat breakfast, but did eat some lunch and a little supper. It may have been the bad start, but she just seems to be more tired today. She had only one long period of sit up time this evening once Manny arrived.

The brain drain is still clamped off, and first thing this morning they thought that could be the cause of her problems, but they left it clamped off all day long and she seems to have handled it fine.

She has taken two walks so far today. Both nice long walks. And she is getting better at that every day.

At the speed of a turtle now, she can get herself sitting up at the edge of the bed on her own. Her back is still very sore, and she still has limited movement of her neck. She still has the heating pad on her back and is still on pain medications for it.

They x-rayed her stomach to make sure there was nothing out of the ordinary going on there, as it seems so bloated. But it is just air.

She has done several leg exercises in her bed, and she needs to continue this to get stronger.

Tomorrow we will find out if the brain drain tube is coming out.

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.