Very Small, yet Positive.

The Rebel has been moved out of the operating room and into the recovery area. Her chest and sternum have been sutured closed and she is being monitored in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit near the operating rooms.

The plan is to continue to allow her rest and see how well she stabilizes. The nurses were trying to brush her hair today and she did make a little noise. The nurses say that this is good as her sedation is at a good level.

The doctors plan to remove the second smaller ventricular device on Monday if she continues to stay the course she is on right now. So.. once again, it's small steps forward. Very small, yet positive.

One of her nurses recognized me. She is looking at changing careers and heard me speaking at the local College about being a librarian. So there we are standing over Rebel's bed talking about careers and how to get an MLIS by distance ed. While rather surreal, it's one of those things that Rebel loves - these random meetings of people with less than 6 degrees of separation.