Mom had a bit of a rough night. I thought they wouldn't be coming in till midnight so she could sleep at least a couple of hours, but someone seemed to come in and do something with her every 1/2 hour until midnight. Just as she would doze off, someone would come in and wake her up again. One of the nurses came in to give her the heparin shot in her belly; apparently it's one that hurts really bad. The nurse asked her where she wanted it and mom said "in your belly". They were both started laughing and she had to wait till moms belly stopped shaking before she could give it to her. The nurse finally said, "ok, just concentrate on the pain" to help mom stop laughing.
Once she was left alone to sleep, her incision (She has an incision in her neck from surgery about four inches long) started to hurt to the point it kept her awake for hours. Finally she asked for some pain medication and she was able to sleep a bit.
Doctor Ott came in this morning and went over some of the tests from yesterday. She had done well enough he was able to take the NG tube out of her nose. She celebrated by eating some ice chips. (She really can't have much else yet) He also took her oxygen out. He said he hopes to take the chest tube and maybe the drain out tomorrow. That will leave only the NG tube in her stomach which will stay for a few months. If all goes really well, he said they may let her go home on Tuesday.
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