Abby calculated that we've now been in the hospital for 19 days. We came here the last week of December and we're now heading into the second half of January. As a result, most of the staff here at Mary Bridge now at least recognize us, and several stop by during their shift (even if not on our floor) to personally check on us. Several have admitted that they follow Abby's progress online each day. And twice now they've managed to procure shrimp for Abby (her most favorite food ever), even going so far as to order it from the local Vietnamese restaurant and having it delivered. I think they're getting a little too used to us here!
Today was rough for Abby. After the surgery yesterday, she slept most of the rest of the day and all night long. However, upon waking up, she discovered that her body HURT. A lot. Everywhere. We had to severely increase her pain medication and ended up going back to the magic button (the one that you push to make it all better). Even with the magic button, though, she's still hurting. Poor little bug. =(
There was some good today, though, and even Abby agrees. The surgeon came in this morning to check on her and noted that the chest tube placed in her back was no longer draining and did not have any air leaking through, so he gave approval to have that tube removed this afternoon. That tube was placed in just about the worst place possible, too, so it was such a relief to have that one taken out. One tube down, one to go!
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