Recovery Day Two

From Wes,

Last night Dana's IV vain collapsed and they could not get another one started after 13 attempts so they decided to give oral meds now that she can swallow and shots instead.
Even with Ambien she did not sleep more than 10 minutes at a time. It was funny because she would be talking, fall asleep mid sentence. When she would wake up she would pick up from where she was in sentence and finish what she was saying.
Physical Therapy got her up and had her sit in a chair for an hour. At about 50 minutes she started getting dizzy but she lasted the whole hour.

Her progress is very good with close to equal strength in both arms and legs. Her left side has been weaker for 25 years. She mentioned that her left leg no longer feels like concrete and when the physical therapist had her lift her left leg she could do it equally as well as her right foot. The burning sensation down the left side of her left foot is less than recent so we are so excited that these improvements have come so soon.

She is in a lot of pain in her neck and her throat is sore and it hurts to swallow. Much of that is due to swelling from the wound and will lessen as the swelling goes down.

I just want to express my gratitude and thankfulness to all the staff at Mercy Hospital. Especially to Dana's care nurses, they have been so kind and helpful.
The Doctor just stopped in to see her and said she is ready to go to a room so she is moving to 369 in just a few minutes. I will uptate later this afternoon.

Wes