New Year\u2019s Day. Hope it feels like a Happy one to all of you. We\u2019re doing our best to make it that way.<\/p>\n
Dana says things were pretty good last night, although, as she quite accurately pointed out, the person who spends the night Never gets good sleep. Chloe can be sound asleep but we are so programmed to hear a small beeping machine or a different sound in her vent or the nurse coming in or the person next door having a bad night. But that\u2019s what we\u2019re here for. It\u2019s to protect Chloe, not to get a great nights\u2019 sleep. <\/p>\n
This morning she was a wee bit puny and actually needed some bagging as her numbers crashed. We never like to see that but are glad we have the option to help her out. She also had some cough assists that produced some good results. For those who don\u2019t know what a cough assist is, it\u2019s a machine that puts air into the lungs and then, quickly, sucks it back out, thus simulating a cough. We then suction any gunk. Chloe has a good huff with her diaphragm but it\u2019s not the same as a deep cough.<\/p>\n
The latest concern is with her heart rate. It should hover around 80 but it\u2019s been at 135+ for quite some time now. It could be directly related to the brain stem trauma but they are going to do an EKG to try and pinpoint it. That will happen tomorrow morning most likely, as her PT and OT will start around noon for a few hours.<\/p>\n
There wasn\u2019t a workout scheduled for today so Dana had her sit at the edge of the bed, looking out the window. She did well but didn\u2019t last a long time. We\u2019ll try and get her up again for a few minutes before I leave here. We did play catch again. She is getting so much better with that and it\u2019s obvious her eyesight has also improved or she wouldn\u2019t be catching the ball like she is.<\/p>\n
She has been emailing but, to all her little friends, please don\u2019t feel bad if you don\u2019t get a message right away or if the message is short and sweet. She does the best she can but she isn\u2019t fast and her endurance is less that you might realize. Be patient, she\u2019ll get there.<\/p>\n
I guess Aunt Sandy and Chloe will be watching Twilight tonight and may even have a little nail polish party. Chloe got some really cool green polish from Celeste the other day and she is anxious to get it on her fingers. The trouble with that is we have to take the polish off a finger or toe in order for one of the monitors to work right. So she may have only four toes painted at a time.<\/p>\n
We started the year a little depressed. She doesn\u2019t like Mama going home for the night, no matter who is lined up to take the shift. She may be almost 11 but that doesn\u2019t mean the bond with Mama isn\u2019t strong. She feels very safe with the Mama Lion in the room. Most of the time things go as planned, however, we have caught an error here or there that just don\u2019t need to happen. It\u2019s going to pop up but we\u2019re experienced enough to run interference for her. We do have the nurses trained now to come if the button is pushed and no-one answers on the other end. No voice has to be a pain!<\/p>\n
Be well,
\nRon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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