Tuesday

Happy Birthday Harold!

Dorothea has had a pretty exciting day so far... or at least we think so... she moves her finger around like woo-hoo - making fun of us for being excited. Anyway - here is what she has done before noon today.

She sat in a cardiac chair for 2+ hours, Occupational therapists helped her to wash her face and arms and brush her teeth. That is exciting! Again, she doesn't think so, but we do! :)

She is still being very stubborn about opening her eyes. The nurse said she could get her to open her eyes when she insisted that she do it. For me... it is like she is playing a game -and it is something she can control - and she is not going to do it for me. She did open them once for me when Don and I saw her around lunch time. Of course she only kept them open for a few seconds... but at least she did it when I asked her to.

Harold said that this morning Dorothea said that she felt terrible - but when he asked her if she is in pain she said no. So, we think when she is saying that she feels terrible - she is meaning that she is really down because of still being in the hospital. The nurse sort of said the same thing to me this morning- and she is thinking that is why Dorothea is keeping her eyes closed so much of the time.

Hopefully physical therapists will be in later today to move her around a little more.

Still hoping to get the chest tube removed today... there was no drainage overnight, but there was some today. I imagine there will be a little more today because of being up in the chair.