It Was, Still Is & Always Will Be Her Smile & My New Love!

Today was a good day!
We are still fighting pain & nausea but.......

• We had three successful walks in the hall & down a bit (maybe fifteen feet each time). Totally exhausting & nauseating still, but getting better.
• We are officially (we hope for good) off narcotic & IV pain meds.
• We had one successful session of head & eye therapy exercises. Did I mention nausea & exhaustion?

It's still a battle to get Kathy to eat enough & that is one of the paradoxes we must deal with:

For the body to heal itself after major surgery you need a lot of calories, in order to retrain the brain & vestibular system (balance) you must 'challenge it' which results in exhaustion, dizziness & nausea. Plus if your blood sugar gets too low you get weaker & low blood sugar can cause nausea. I'm sure you can see just what a (excuse the pun) balancing act this all is.

But as I mentioned it was a good day. Kathy looked so much better today. Her eyes are now almost fully open & we got more of those wonderful smiles that still warm my heart.

We had a VERY special visitor today! Our one year old nephew Dylan & his parents. Of course this set Kathy into her 'baby talk mode" which promptly gives me nausea! One of these days I am going to record it so everyone will know what I mean. It's as bad as my singing!!

And my new love? No, it's not one of Kathy's nurses it's yogurt protein shakes at the hospital cafe. Yum.

Oh yes, my daily comment about Lucycat...did I mention I'm making Chinese for dinner Friday night?