no more tubes

Shawna had a less than perfect sleep last night. I can only imagine how hard it is to sleep with 9 other people in the room, all hooked up to machines that beep and make other noises, and all that needs to happen in ICU to ensure the patients are doing well.

The morphine (to help with pain) was pretty hard on her stomach, so she is off that and on tylenol 3 (with codeine). Throughout the morning they were removing wires, IVs, tubes etc. The breathing tube came out yesterday (shortly after I saw her in the afternoon). As of about 2:00 pm she is out of ICU and into the cardiac ward in a semi-private room. We are hoping to get a private, but they are at a premium and we probably won't get one. With any luck she won't be there long enough for it to matter a whole lot. By the time she was moved to her room all she had was one line in the wrist for an IV in case they needed to give her anything - no machines, wires, tubes... anything. Her colour is good in her face and there is only a little bit of swelling in her hands in wrists - none in her feet or legs, which is a very good sign.

The kids got to come and visit a bit today. Sara was happy to see Mommy; Jacob was happy, but has a shorter attention span and just kept saying, "Go." Shawna went for a very short walk around the ward this evening, but she is doing extremely well for one day after surgery.