Compared with some of the more recent days, today didn't have any monumental milestones. Shirley did get a PICC line inserted which allowed her other IV lines to be removed. She walked twice more and spent the majority of the day in a chair instead of the bed.
One fun thing today was that Shirley's sister Betsy was here when the portable x-ray machine came in and took a chest X-ray. Betsy is a radiologist, so she was able to point out to me how Shirley's new lungs had the more traditional shape missing from the old, damaged pair. She also showed me the PICC line catheter reaching into one of the chambers of her heart. We also saw the line of staples closing the incision across her chest (more on this in another posting).
The good news today was when the Charge Nurse Tyler, said that her orders to be moved out of ICU had been written and she would be moving in the morning. So Shirley got a new set of lungs for Valentines and will get out of ICU four days later on her birthday.
2 comments:
Greg and Shirley -
Congratulations! It's been a long time coming, and it sounds as if things are going well, and we hope you continue your speedy recovery! A local merchant did a public service video about organ donation recently. It's at http://www.donatelifevt.org/superbowl
You might recognize some people in it, particularly about 10:50 into it.
Ted & Jenni
Happy Birthday sweet sister. We are extremely proud of how amazingly well you are doing. Can't wait to talk to you.
Love you much
Kris and the crew
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