Cyn visit 07/21/10 evening

Tonight’s offering will be shorter but with good news.

Today was a good / bad day.  Cyn has been able to cough a lot of stuff up, but it hurts a lot to do so.  Her pain receptors have been resting with Mr. Morphine, but awake with a vengeance when allowed.  She was visited by both the respiratory therapist and the physical therapist today.  She not only had the opportunity to practice her hacking and coughing, but she also took a major hike – to the nurses’ station and back.  Put those two together and she was beat by the time everything was over.

Today was also removal time.  The catheter in her back came out which means no more happy juice to her spine.  The good news is she’s healing, but on the other hand they can leave those in place for so long before they have to be removed.  Tomorrow, they will likely remove her chest tube.

Cyn had some visitors today.  A couple came in to see her and she didn’t recognize them until they introduced themselves.  They were a Quest Global team whose turbocharger was being repaired in Flagstaff.  Sandy from the office directed them over to the hospital to visit with Cyn and see how she was doing.  It turned out they had some long past connections – no strangers in the trucking business – and they had a very good visit.

The other visitor was much smaller and had a black coat.  No one would ever admit it, but somehow someone may have been sneaked in for a short visit. (Cat!!)

Food today was good and stayed where it was supposed to.  It never hurts to have an appetite on Mac & Cheese Day.

When her oxygen utilization gets better and more stable (more hacking and coughing practice), she’ll be able to exit the ICU and think about a regular room.  Until then, the oxygen police will be monitoring her and getting on her case to keep that oxygen mask on and breathe.

You’ve likely seen the truck picture by now.  The only thing I’ll say is that when I saw the picture I added a crowbar to my list of tools to take when I explore the cab.

Take care