Our Christmas present from the hospital is a huge room. Since Chloe will be going to rehab on Monday we have been moved into the rehab room side of the ward. It\u2019s like a triple room with only one bed. So that makes it easy to get to either side of the bed to help her and it gives us lots of room for sleeping during the night. We also aren\u2019t cramped for our necessities that are mixed among the machines Chloe needs. The only down side is that it\u2019s more noisy and colder. We\u2019ll deal with that. <\/p>\n
Sleeping is still a challenge but it\u2019s getting better. When I got here today everyone was resting so I sat and fiddled with some computer work. About 10 am Dr. Cockrell showed up and took a listen to Chloe. She sounds pretty good but they scheduled a chest x-ray to see how the fluid and infection is going. Results later.<\/p>\n
Dr. Norwood was next to show up, bearing gifts as promised. Actually it was just one gift, the picture of his puppy for Chloe to put on her wall. These two interacting is fun to watch. They tend to cheer each other up immediately. <\/p>\n
Third up was Katy, the rehab PT. She worked very well with Chloe, getting to sit, hold her head by herself and getting her feet on the ground, even though she didn\u2019t have a lot of weight on them. Before the heavy-duty stuff she did all her exercises. <\/p>\n
The timeline is a bit mixed up today but it seems about 1 pm we started moving to our new room. That took a bit of doing since we were just three doors down so we didn\u2019t use a wagon and we had all sorts of posters to re-hang.<\/p>\n
About that same time James and Daniel showed up with a gift for Chloe and the rest of us, her Peace Sun Design on tee shirts and a special sweatshirt for her alone. They are very nicely done. The guys were a good relief for Dana especially as James has been a special friend forever.<\/p>\n
About 4 pm someone from OT showed up. This was the big mistake of the day. The PT people did such a great job getting Chloe up and everything. The OT girl didn\u2019t have anything go right from start to finish. Chloe even blacked out after getting her in a seated position. We did a second try after we got her stabilized but it didn\u2019t go much better. I think, from now on, if they aren\u2019t a regular on the team I\u2019ll be asking a lot of questions and will probably request a nurse be present. I wasn\u2019t impressed with this procedure. I hate learning at Chloe\u2019s expense.<\/p>\n
Then during the move, while trying to get all the machines hooked up and lines repositioned, etc, I got a phone call on my cell phone. I took it out of my pocket and flung it onto the windowsill bed. I was still a bit fried by the OT episode. When I checked the message I found out one of my twin grandsons broke his femur sledding today. Like I really needed any more stress. With four kids under 5 years old, and a brand new bullmastiff puppy in the house, my oldest daughter is in a constant battle of medical mayhem. <\/p>\n
Maybe someone can help me understand something I heard recently. Long distance Reiki and Energy Work can interfere with sleep if done after 7 pm. I don\u2019t know a lot about these forms of healing work but I do know there is a lot of belief in their power. However, if Chloe is getting help after 7 pm this might explain the restlessness during the night if what I heard is correct.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s 6:30 pm and Chloe will be coming off the vent for four hours. Then she\u2019ll be on it overnight. She is exhausted but doesn\u2019t know how to catch some sleep. Not sure what to do about that other than to keep quiet and see if she can be lulled to sleep by her music. <\/p>\n
There have been some very heartfelt food donations showing up at the hospital. There\u2019s no way to express the amount of gratitude we have for you generous people. There are many of you involved so please accept our blanket thanks. If I tried to thank you all individually but I know I\u2019d miss someone. <\/p>\n
So Dana and I are going to get settled in now. I\u2019m still not sure of the schedule but I\u2019m very concerned about the lack of sleep everyone is getting. We need to figure out how to have everyone come when they want to come and still have quiet so sleep can be completed as much as possible. If we are all walking zombies then Chloe isn\u2019t going to get the care she needs and things like the OT episode will have more chance to happen again. <\/p>\n
Be safe and well,
\nRon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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