Jagdflieger
Jr. Admin
Great news! God's speed for a fast recovery now that the shunt is working.
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Set Back In Deb's Recovery
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Tomorrow morning, 9 AM...Deb goes back to the Rehab Ward! She was great this evening. Talkative, funny. I trimmed her finger nails for her (something the hospital staff is not allowed to do for some odd reason)....nothing new for me as I pamper Deb by giving her manicures and pedicures weekly.
OBIO
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hewman100
Guest
Great news indeed Tim!
Yesterday evenings visit with Deb was a blast. She was in superb spirits, was very much in a funny mood. I have been teasing her about her needing to get off her lazy butt and come home and make some spaghetti (I have been craving her all-day simmered spaghetti sauce over whole wheat angel hair pasta). Well, as I was getting ready to leave, I was telling her that I love her, that she is my forever girl...and she looks me right in the eyes and says. "You're only saying that because you want spaghetti." She had the entire room cracking up!
She is well on her way to being back to where she was before the entire bad shunt fiasco.
OBIO
She is well on her way to being back to where she was before the entire bad shunt fiasco.
OBIO
miamieagle
Charter Member
Thats just great news!
It's been a few days since I did an update.
Deb was out of bed for 5 hours today, sitting in a wheel chair. This is the longest she has sat up to this point. And she did it like it was nothing. Then, when speech therapy was working with her (they also work on her swallowing) she ate an entire tub of French Vanilla Pudding. Just two days ago, she managed to swallow a single spoonful...the first thing she has actually eaten in 7 weeks. So, going from a single spoon for the last couple days to the entire tub today is a remarkable step forward.
Yesterday, Deb moved the toes on her left foot upward for the first time...that foot has been a "drop foot" since the surgery. She can press down with the foot, but can not pull it upwards. The same for her toes. So her being able to curl her toes upward is another step in the right direction.
Her humor...for get about it. She has been cracking us up for a week. Yesterday Deb and I laughed for most of our time together. And this evening Deb, her mom and her sister Dee were laughing like three insane women...which they are. The nurse walked in to find Deb's face beet red and ask if she was okay. Deb said she was fine, just laughing.
OBIO
Deb was out of bed for 5 hours today, sitting in a wheel chair. This is the longest she has sat up to this point. And she did it like it was nothing. Then, when speech therapy was working with her (they also work on her swallowing) she ate an entire tub of French Vanilla Pudding. Just two days ago, she managed to swallow a single spoonful...the first thing she has actually eaten in 7 weeks. So, going from a single spoon for the last couple days to the entire tub today is a remarkable step forward.
Yesterday, Deb moved the toes on her left foot upward for the first time...that foot has been a "drop foot" since the surgery. She can press down with the foot, but can not pull it upwards. The same for her toes. So her being able to curl her toes upward is another step in the right direction.
Her humor...for get about it. She has been cracking us up for a week. Yesterday Deb and I laughed for most of our time together. And this evening Deb, her mom and her sister Dee were laughing like three insane women...which they are. The nurse walked in to find Deb's face beet red and ask if she was okay. Deb said she was fine, just laughing.
OBIO
6 days since last update: Where does the time go?
Deb is doing great! Her energy level, stamina, strength, motor skills, coordination, speaking are all back to where they were before the set back...and beyond in most areas. Her swallowing has really improved and she is now able to eat pureed foods. She gets to eat breakfast each morning, and soon will be getting to eat lunch as well. Her blood sugar levels have really come down and been more stable with real food in her stomach. Hopefully once she is off the PEG (feeding tube) and the goop they pump in through it, her blood sugar levels will return to normal. She has been walking with a walker and some assistance....50 feet, twice a day. Her leg, hip and trunk muscles are a bit weak from being in bed since August 18th...but the therapy staff are working on those big time.
Her discharge date from the Rehab Ward, based on insurance coverage, was originally the 1st of November. It has now been moved to Oct 28th in light of her more rapid recovery...cheap stiffs. She will be going to a long term Rehab Facility in the neighboring county and town...which is only an 8 minute drive from home, and actually closer than the hospital since we live on the edge of the county. Driving to the hospital, depending on traffic, is 15 to 20 minutes...once Deb is at the rehab facility, it's a very quick trip at 50 miles per hour with only a couple stops to make. No more traffic and red lights.
She still has a long way to go, but she is closer each day and the speed of her recovery continues to pick up.
OBIO
Deb is doing great! Her energy level, stamina, strength, motor skills, coordination, speaking are all back to where they were before the set back...and beyond in most areas. Her swallowing has really improved and she is now able to eat pureed foods. She gets to eat breakfast each morning, and soon will be getting to eat lunch as well. Her blood sugar levels have really come down and been more stable with real food in her stomach. Hopefully once she is off the PEG (feeding tube) and the goop they pump in through it, her blood sugar levels will return to normal. She has been walking with a walker and some assistance....50 feet, twice a day. Her leg, hip and trunk muscles are a bit weak from being in bed since August 18th...but the therapy staff are working on those big time.
Her discharge date from the Rehab Ward, based on insurance coverage, was originally the 1st of November. It has now been moved to Oct 28th in light of her more rapid recovery...cheap stiffs. She will be going to a long term Rehab Facility in the neighboring county and town...which is only an 8 minute drive from home, and actually closer than the hospital since we live on the edge of the county. Driving to the hospital, depending on traffic, is 15 to 20 minutes...once Deb is at the rehab facility, it's a very quick trip at 50 miles per hour with only a couple stops to make. No more traffic and red lights.
She still has a long way to go, but she is closer each day and the speed of her recovery continues to pick up.
OBIO
Glad to hear it. Always gives me more confidence in the future to know someone who is on the road to recovery after an ordeal like that. :ernae:
What I mean is, everyone at the out-house knows there has to be something seriously wrong with my brain. :isadizzy: However, it probably can't be fixed until after the whole brain transplant procedure makes it through clinical trials.
Anyone here have an extra brain to donate? I kinda want a female brain. I want to know what its like to have multiple orgasms.
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What I mean is, everyone at the out-house knows there has to be something seriously wrong with my brain. :isadizzy: However, it probably can't be fixed until after the whole brain transplant procedure makes it through clinical trials.
Anyone here have an extra brain to donate? I kinda want a female brain. I want to know what its like to have multiple orgasms.
:Jagdflieger
Jr. Admin
Great news Obio!
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hewman100
Guest
Superb stuff Tim!!!!
miamieagle
Charter Member
Iäm very glad for you and Beb!:ernae:
What a great day Deb had today. She has been eating breakfast for the last few days, and the plan was to up her to breakfast and lunch, then after a few days of that to add in supper. Well, they bumped her to the top of the pile and today she had breakfast, lunch and supper! To celebrate this break through, I bought her a ceramic cross with very Italian/Tuscan styling to it...stylized sunflowers, warm oranges, yellows and greens. Very pretty...she loves it.
And today, they removed her catheter to begin retraining her bladder and they were expecting it to take a number of days for her bladder to begin working normally again....nope! This evening, she tinkled and how!
Two big advances in one day!
OBIO
And today, they removed her catheter to begin retraining her bladder and they were expecting it to take a number of days for her bladder to begin working normally again....nope! This evening, she tinkled and how!
Two big advances in one day!
OBIO