Sunday

Mom was feeling a little distressed late yesterday afternoon. Her numbers were all good, so she was not in distress - but she was saying that she felt like she couldn't breathe. I was not there, but after hearing about it, and talking with the nurse that was there, we feel that maybe it was a little bit of anxiety that she was experiencing. They gave her a little bit of pain killer which helped her to relax and be able to get some rest. She seems to still have some of the medication with her this morning though. When I visited her this morning she did not open her eyes, and it took quite a bit of coaxing to get a little verbal acknowledgement that she knew we were there. I expected this though - it will take a little bit for the medication to wear off.

She will have dialysis again this afternoon. Perhaps after that she will feel like waking up.

The respiratory therapist is hoping to cap off her trach late this afternoon or tomorrow - but she will need to be alert for that to happen.

Her hemoglobin number was good this morning - no bleeding has occurred, so it appears that the bleeding issue is solved.

Her wound on her wrist and under her lip is healing very well - Dad and I both are encouraged by seeing that. She is a very slow healer, but it is encouraging to see that the nutrition is staying with her and helping her to heal.