Yesterday was a big day. After having the tracheostomy on Tuesday night, they were ready to take JoAnn off sedation yesterday and practice breathing on her own. So she is still trached but they turned off the power to the ventilator for quite a few hours yesterday. She did really well but did get pretty tired by the evening so they gave her a break and put her back on ventilation. She was fairly alert for most of the day as well. It was a little hard because she seemed confused and sad. She could not move or talk and was probably in quite a bit of pain, but by the evening she was moving her arms and nodding and shaking her head ever so slightly. We will try and work on some response movements so we can communicate with her.
She seems a little calmer this morning and we are hoping for good things to happen today.
The doctor just stopped in and said they are scheduling a feeding tube to be placed in her stomach so we can get all tubes out of her mouth and nose. This will be our 4th major surgery in a week so please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.
And now for the fantastic news: We just got a visit from our first physical therapist! Very excited to get her limbs moving again! Progress, progress.
I will update later today if we have any other news.
Jennifer
Very good news. Susanne
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