FoxersArtist
04-02-2008, 01:28 AM
Michelle was in good spirits today and has learned how to talk even though she still has the trache tube in. She is not in a lot of pain, but her throat really hurts and the skin in her mouth is "shedding" so that has to hurt. She is eating soft foods and getting up to go to the bathroom. She is bored out of her mind, so I printed up a lot of the threads from here concerning her and she said that she read them and just cried and cried. Dot, your prayer really touched her. so did the "vision" that Crystal had about us surrounding her with prayer, and some things chrissy said really touched her heart as well. She knows you are here for her.
She is feeling so many things right now...emotions of happiness to be alive, feeling scared, feeling angry at ricky for leaving, and feeling frustrated about her situation. I told her I know how that goes as I felt that way when I was in the hospital after the Drs. said "you have a massive blood clot from your ankle to your groin...moving could kill you." All of the prayers she can get for a sense of peace would be great!
Good news is that Michelle is making leaps and bounds of progress with her health and her therapist told her tonight that she will likely not be sent to rehab since my parents have a pool that she can use instead and she may have the trache tube removed soon. They are waiting to release her until they know her oxygen saturation levels are going to stay stable without having to be on oxygen. She was without it most of today and her levels stayed at 94%. I am hopeful that she will be coming home in a few days, but no one has said for sure.
Michelle hates the food at the hospital so I cooked a bunch of meals this afternoon and brought them to her this evening to put in the ward's fridge. I had stopped by in the morning, but another friend was there and I was not able to visit with her much, so I wanted to go back so I could find out how she was doing. When I came back tonight she was talking a mile a minute...just like our michelle and that really brightened my night. We talked for a long time and michelle has decided that this whole experience has probably been good for everyone involved. Perhaps her mother will want a closer relationship, perhaps Ricky will either stay away or change his ways, and michelle has been forced to slow down and really appreciate life when she had been too busy or stressed before. And for me? Well...It has been great physical and emotional therapy. The first day I went to see her I could hardly walk all the way up to her room without gasping for air. When I got there I was totally flipped out over being in a hospital. now I can walk up to her room without stopping for air and I'm not so afraid anymore.
-Anna
She is feeling so many things right now...emotions of happiness to be alive, feeling scared, feeling angry at ricky for leaving, and feeling frustrated about her situation. I told her I know how that goes as I felt that way when I was in the hospital after the Drs. said "you have a massive blood clot from your ankle to your groin...moving could kill you." All of the prayers she can get for a sense of peace would be great!
Good news is that Michelle is making leaps and bounds of progress with her health and her therapist told her tonight that she will likely not be sent to rehab since my parents have a pool that she can use instead and she may have the trache tube removed soon. They are waiting to release her until they know her oxygen saturation levels are going to stay stable without having to be on oxygen. She was without it most of today and her levels stayed at 94%. I am hopeful that she will be coming home in a few days, but no one has said for sure.
Michelle hates the food at the hospital so I cooked a bunch of meals this afternoon and brought them to her this evening to put in the ward's fridge. I had stopped by in the morning, but another friend was there and I was not able to visit with her much, so I wanted to go back so I could find out how she was doing. When I came back tonight she was talking a mile a minute...just like our michelle and that really brightened my night. We talked for a long time and michelle has decided that this whole experience has probably been good for everyone involved. Perhaps her mother will want a closer relationship, perhaps Ricky will either stay away or change his ways, and michelle has been forced to slow down and really appreciate life when she had been too busy or stressed before. And for me? Well...It has been great physical and emotional therapy. The first day I went to see her I could hardly walk all the way up to her room without gasping for air. When I got there I was totally flipped out over being in a hospital. now I can walk up to her room without stopping for air and I'm not so afraid anymore.
-Anna