Well, today didn't go quite as planned. I'll start from the beginning.
It was a dark and dreary night. The rain was tapping at the window and the night nurses were practicing talking so loudly that the patients couldn't sleep. The room was a sweltering 89 degrees. It was 4 am and the nurse came in to check vitals... and her blood pressure was low...
Mom didn't sleep well at all last night. She just didn't feel rested or at ease today. Not the best state to be in when you're supposed to pay attention to the 15 people that have to counsel you prior to discharge, then trek back to the hotel. It just felt off right from the get go.
As it turns out, Mom became ortho-static again. The doctors aren't concerned that there's any major problem, but just wanted to keep her for another day just in case. Mom was ok with it. It's better than being discharged and re-admitted the next day. She also had her first dip in her numbers. This isn't a big deal and is to be expected, but she did have to have a Human Growth Hormone shot. These are pretty painful, so Mom was not too thrilled about it. She was an excellent sport, though.
So the plan now is for discharge tomorrow. Since they won't release patients on Fridays or weekends, Mom was very focused on making sure she'd be in a position to leave tomorrow. She drank a lot of fluid and did an bicycle-stepper-thingy for 25 minutes on level 6!! What a champ.
Everything else went fine for the rest of the day. Dad went back to Utica for some meetings and Mom and I watched American Idol with some popcorn. She's very tired from a long day so she zonked out pretty soon after it was over (I'm pretty sure she dozed off in between performances). Hopefully she gets a good night's sleep and is raring to go for tomorrow's big move (fingers crossed!).
I'll update everyone tomorrow when we know more.
Love,
Amy
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