Sunday morning report

Yvonne was my wake up call today. Her voice sounded the strongest yet and I was encouraged.

I had a conversation with a nurse in the hall yesterday about Yvonne and when she might go home.  To my surprise she said Monday.  She later backed off when I reminded her that the surgery was extra difficult but still she thought Yvonne's situation dd not look like anything that might keep her much longer.  I thought about that and decided that today was the key day.  If there was even a possibility of leaving Mon or Tues we'd need to see dramatic improvements today. Like eating.

And that phone call was good and we may indeed have that! She was already back to having clear fluids, which is not quite bacon & eggs, but it's a start.

Some more random thoughts....

IV problems:  This has been a big issue since the surgery started.  Yvonne seems to offer no good spots to hook up an IV line.  Her blood vessels have been beat up over the past 20 years with various IV connections and what's left behind is narrowed by scar tissue that the vein clots as soon as they get the line in.  She had one in her neck and that one got messed up yesterday.  They seem to need 2 since the meds are coming in one and blood is being drawn from the other.

Rapid heartbeat: This popped up yesterday afternoon during the Yankee game.  I don't think it was related. The cause was not obvious but the IV meds were blamed and the rate was slowed down and the problem went away.  That's something to monitor today.

Blogs & Facebook posts:  It isn't easy to know how many people see my Facebook posts but the number of friends that have commented or "liked" is higher than anything I've ever posted. 85 "likes" and 76 comments on the original post and that number keeps climbing.  There have been virtually no comments on the blogger site (this) but I can see that over 1,000 of my entries have been read. Wow!! I knew close family members would be reading but it seems to have gone well beyond that.  And while it is digital communication from afar, I can tell you it helps. It seems any hour of the day that I post something I immediately get some sort of feedback from somewhere around the world.

Brother Pete came to visit:  Yvonne's brother stopped in last night to see Yvonne.  I took the opportunity to let them speak privately and I walked a few blocks, sat at an outdoor restaurant, ordered a grilled salmon w/broccoli & potatoes and a glass of wine.  It was nice to eat something other than deli food! No it wasn't raining at that point:)