Good day readers,
Today is another day in Maine paradise weatherwise, 75 degrees, warm sea breeze, and full sun.
Anne had a good night and sounded great when we talked first thing today. She walked a long walk by herself early this morning, and she took a sponge bath by herself after lunchtime.
I came in around 11 and brought your cards in to her. others of your cards have been delivered directly here. It's early afternoon and she is off for a walk down the hall again. She just got back and says she took two laps around this time. I hope she doesn't sneak down the back stair and try to thumb home later today.
Dr. McGillvary made his way to Anne's room around 9pm last night (he deserves to get out early today!). He was still in his blue surgery outfit. He had been in surgery when we were concerned about the clogged feeding tube late afternoon, and even when I left around 7pm. Regarding the tube, he said 'we'll get it cleaned out, it'll be OK'. I suppose the chief surgeon at Maine Med has more to worry about than feeding tubes. Lo and behold, early this morning "two cute young residents" came to Anne's room and using a small syringe with solution they cleared the feeding tube. It seems various folks spent all yesterday afternoon using a big fat syringe to do the job. Anne said she then had a belgian waffle for breakfast, followed by some bacon and eggs.... :)
He told Anne that the pathology reports from surgery were all good. He said, regarding the surgery, that there was one lymphnode 'involved' and that he removed it along with 5 others nearby for good measure. He reitterated that the lining of the esophagus had a small tumor which came out with the job. We were told back in January that he was a fantastic and very thorough metticulous surgeon, as well as a man of few words, very serious. On Monday morning before surgery I made sure he went in to see Anne because she had told me she especially wanted to see him and ask him to smile at her before he started cutting. He got there to see her, and 'yes' he smiled.
Tomorrow Anne's epidural is going to be removed. Then she'll rely on the push button for her pain meds. Today they changed her antibiotics to Erythromycin. They checked against her list of bad drugs before using that and it seems to be OK for her.
Annes nurse today is Kristan, and she'll be working all weekend. We like her. Anne says her pain is stabalized at about a level 4.
Friday, May 28, 2010
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