Tube free.

The other chest tubes came out today. And so did the feeding tube. Rebel was thrilled. Though the hospital food she is on now is less than delicious looking. Everything is either pureed or minced. Nothing liked pureed green beans. Why not broccoli, or carrots or sweet potato... vegetables that actually puree all right. Green beans... not so much. The nutritionist came by and told Rebel they'd send a dietitian in to see her to help choose some menus. She can also order up "food by mom" as long as I follow their requirements. I believe this will help.

That plus two sessions of physiotherapy today and yesterday and Rebel had a pretty busy day.
The doctors conferred and things seem to be improving daily.Rebel hates when they do their rounds because they stand in front of her room and talk about her... her charts, what went on since last set of rounds. Today she got feisty and tried to holler out to them, "please share with the rest of the class!" I had to roll my eyes. Understandable patients don't like being talked about. Her lead doctor did come in afterwards and let her know what the next couple of days would be like and what they hoped for her as she improved. it helped the anxiety levels come down substantially.

We were given the manual and how to guide for her VAD/Thoratec device. - how to take care of the batteries, how to trouble shoot it, and a whole lot more. This is a little daunting. However it is a step in the right direction.

Saturday evening, Rebel asked the BF what the hell happened to her because she really didn't understand why all the nurses were so excited every time she did something that was an improvement. So he told her the whole story. She doesn't even remember having her wisdom teeth extracted. The only thing she remembers is the first shock from her defibrillator and waking up with a scream. Anything after and before that is wiped out. She told me the next day she was overwhelmed. She's crying some too which is good - the emotional release is helpful. She hates crying though. I told her if she cries I'll try not to so that there is only one person crying at a time. And for me, who cries for happy, sad or scary, that's a big deal! That got a smile.

We watched Star Dust this afternoon. What a good movie. Right up there with The Princess Bride. I'm trying to convince her to watch Top Gun (one of my all time favourites!) with me, but she's rolling her eyes.