"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"

  Hello everyone,  I woke this morning and was getting ready to come see Dani and Dion told me he didnt have such a great night.  He was having stomach problems and diareah.  We both figured out that it was probably from the steak he ate yesterday for lunch at the cafateria.  It was sitting under lights and he ordered it cooked medium rare.  So I went out to try and find him some pepto bismol.  I walked down 34th street till i got to Walnut street.  There was a CVS pharmacy half way down the block.  I found some pepto bismol and brought it back to the room for him.  I left him there so he could take the medicine and wait for it to work.  He told me he would make it over to see Dani and I after he was feeling better. 
   When I got to Dani,s room my poor little girl was suffering from a migrain headach from the overhead florescient lights.  Her nurse had ordered her some tylenol and we were just waiting for it to get there.  You would think that one click of her pain button with a shot of dilaudid would have fixed her right up! lol  
    They came in not long after I got there and pulled out 3 of her chest drain tubes. That was a great moment!  It ment that her internal bleeding had pretty much stopped. So now she has just 2 drain tubes left and they will keep an eye on the drainage and if it continues to get better in a few days they will remove those as well.  They took out an IV tube that was in her arm. They took out the invasive arterial cardio IV cath going into her neck. (she hated that one!)  Her urin cath was also removed. So she can now with a bit of help get up to use the restroom.
    Her breakfast came and she ate a bite of pancakes and 2 bites of breakfast sasuage and a good amount of her peaches.
    After breakfast the respratory therapists came in and gave her a treatment to help with the flem she had been having a hard time getting up.  It went really well they made some progress on getting her to get some of it up.
   She had a new nurse named Ryan that was pretty much the nurse from hell. (in a good way kinda) .  He turned on this breathing alarm and if Dani didnt take deep enough breaths this crazy alarm would start ringing.  He was trying to help her get the flem to start to work its wat up so she could cough it out.  And this is how it played out.... Dani would take deep breaths ...then the pain in her chest would come... then she would hit the pain button and instantly it would give her some relief but at the same time it would make her want to slow her breathing and doze off...then the alarm would ring ...beep beep beep ...then Ryan would come in and wake her and tell her "hey its daylight out you need to breath more Dani no sleeping ..you need to take deeper breaths"... so she would consentrate on breathing deep breaths over and over ...then the pain would set in and she would  give herself  a shot of the pain meds etc etc etc  .... it was like a bad dream she couldnt get much rest at all because when she tried to sleep her breathing would slow and the alarm would go off.  It got to the point where she had tears in her eyes .  Ryan said your going to thank me for this because it will help prevent you from getting pnumonia.  Dani just toughed it out and continued to do deep breathing until they came to get her and transfered her to a private room.  Its called a step down ward where they transfer patients that still need extra care before  they go to a normal ward. 

    Once she was here they took her from the transport gurney and put her in a recliner chair where she sat for a good part of the day.  She ate some fresh pineapple and some steamed carrots for lunch. She wasnt in the mood for the roast beef.   She has been drinking pleanty of water and taking in fluids really well.
   All of her vital singns have been great!  And earlier this evening right after she ate her dinner her nurse came in and she took her first walk!  Her nurse said that she did better than most ppl ever do for what she has been through.  :)
   She is exhausted from her long day.  Right now she is resting peacefully and her night nurse patrick has another walk planned for her later tonight and at lease 3 walks tomorrow.  Dion made it over here around 12:30 today and is feeling much better.  We are both in her room right now and we havnt decided when to go back to the room for the night. I had planned on going back to my house for the evening but its too late to take a bus now so if i do decide I will take a cab.