Alexa's first day in ICU was hard. After the anestetic wore off she was very uncomfortable, crying and shivering. The nurse tried to lift Alexa's leg and somehow pressed on the catheter, or the entry point, or both, and according to Alexa's teary eyed account, it "really really really really hurt". For quite a while this morning and early afternoon she was really hurting.
But the afternoon was much better. She ate a tub of pasta, we washed her hair (with some no rinse shampoo, used by astronauts, like Tang), she washed her face, changed her shirt. Fresh as a daisy. And, she started feeling better. Less pain, less pain, less pain. She said she felt 100 times better in the afternoon than in the morning.
Throughout her hospital visit she's been worried about her homework. Friday night at midnight she's got a big assignment due in economics. So, we're going to turn it in sometime tomorrow. http://www.turnitin.com/, I guess. As another measure of how she's doing, though Alexa is not the type to easily be distracted from her homework, the fact that she wants to turn in an assignment while in ICU must be some indication that she's doing okay.
We were working on an entry that was Alexa's description of the surgical procedure. She was telling me about it and I was typing. Sounded pretty wacky, like an scene from Lost. But, we ran out of time. Check back later.
Tomorrow she's going in to surgery again so the doctor can move the catheter and take another look around. Sometime around 10 am. Hopefully it's less traumatic for Alexa and more importantly, hopefully he'll discover that things are looking promising.
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Sounds alot like when I had surgery on my left leg vein. Praying for a speedy recovery!
- Jerry & Carlin
P.S. Kevin is still unlocking padlocks since you taught him. :)
Is that no-rinse shampoo really any better than baby powder? Before there were astronauts in space, I think women combed baby powder through their hair when they couldn't wash it (or in between weekly wash and sets).
I hope today is 100 times better than yesterday afternoon!
Dave- Thanks for creating this so we can stay updated on Alexa's speedy recovery.
Alexa- Hope you are feeling better and try not to worry about school. I know how you are feeling. I have been through surgeries in high school and I didn't like missing class either. But you know what, teachers are pretty cool about stuff when you are in the HOSPITAL. It's not like you are faking it. I hear getting a doctor's note from the ICU is pretty easy too... Focus on getting healthy cause school isn't going anywhere and it's a short period of time in the scheme of things.
-Derek
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