Day #8 in ICU

9:00 am - She had a relatively good night. Her bed is in the "lazy boy" position and she's trying to enjoy pancakes. There's talk of her getting out of ICU today and going to the orthopedic floor but no official orders yet. No doctors have visited this morning. Had to switch to Fruit Loops for her to munch on. She has NO appetite.
2:30 pm - Busy afternoon for Meg. The PT guy came at 11:30 and whisked her out of bed. He had her stand for a while and then rock back and forth raising her heals. Then she had to do toe raises. Her heart rate was a little high but he stayed right there with her and she never felt faint. She has a sling for her arm and said her right leg feels "heavy". They brought the chair over and sat her up and propped her right leg in another chair. Nurse J and I washed and dried her hair and got her all cleaned up. She just got back into bed a few minutes ago and is trying to munch on her turkey sandwich. She said her pain was a 4 out of 10 while she was sitting in the chair and its mostly her arm that's bothering her.

5:00 pm - Napped all afternoon after eating some grapes, half a banana and two bites of her turkey sandwich.
9:10 pm - Dr. W (ortho surgeon) visited this evening. He plans to do the elbow surgery late Friday or Saturday depending on the swelling. The wound nurse came by in the afternoon. They will change her V.A.C. dressings Thursday or Friday with out taking her to surgery (yay). Grilled cheese for dinner was hardly touched but she ate all of her green beans :). We sat her up in the bed that transforms into a reclining lazyboy.

Unfortunately, the doctor didn't mention moving her out of ICU today. But, we're ok with it - she is getting such great care from these nurses.