Today is Pie Day (3.14) and it's one month since Shirley had her transplant. And I'm happy to report that Shirley is doing better following the incision clean-up yesterday. It's been the first day in four that she hasn't had some scheduled procedure that kept her from eating or drinking from midnight to mid-evening.
Ironic isn't it. They say the reason she got in bad shape was she wasn't getting enough nutrition, yet they prevent her from eating for 75% of the day. So today the feeding tube has been dutifully keeping a steady flow of nutrients into her and she has been able to augment that with some nutritional supplements by mouth. It's not chewing on a hamburger, but its nice to see something going in via her mouth.
With the calories has come more energy. A few days ago, she basically slept all day, now she is more conversant and is beginning to show signs of the Shirley we all know and love.
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