We were able to get in and see Isy a short time ago. She's on the vent but opens her eyes for a few seconds while talking to her. Of course she wants that tube out. We told her she had to wake up a little more before they can take it out and she immediately opened her eyes as wide as she could get them and stared right at her nurse, not us. It made us laugh! She's too sleepy to keep them open for long, but she definitely understands what needs to happen. She is mouthing the word "ouch" around her tube. They have given her a lot of pain medicine and they need her more alert to get the tube out before they will start remedicating again for pain. She has 3 chest tubes and I'm sure those are very uncomfortable in addition to her incision.
It seems she has a very caring and professional nurse working with her. His name is John and Tony already told me that he would vote him as #1 out of all of the nurses taking care of her this last summer. It is immediately obvious that he has the gift of mercy and we are counting it as a blessing that he is at her bedside right now.
It's very weird... we saw the day shift staff arrive to work as they walked past us in the waiting room early this morning and now many of the same ones have their purses over their shoulders and are leaving their work days behind, now walking in the opposite direction. I wonder if their days went fast for them?
Until next time...
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