The Daily Dish

As seen in these pages before, Sharon's surgery was a great success. She spent last night and today in the ICU; and was intubated until about 11 AM.
With just a little bit of practice she could talk again.

Her chest tubes were removed in the afternoon (outside visiting hours).

With that removal, the work of recovery begins. She has a small plastic device into which she has to blow (it indicates an air rate of flow to indicate how hard to blow out) ten times every hour. After that, she is to cough.

And I mean cough. As in, try to heave anything up that might be in your lungs (keeping the lungs clear is key).

Only problem is, it really hurts. But it has to be done.

Once she's been moved they'll have her walking around, blowing and coughing.

Hard work, but she's definitely up to the task.

The plan for now is that she will likely be moved to a nursing floor tomorrow; into a standard room. Contact John for telephone information to her room once she has it.

As ever, thanks to each and every one for your prayers and well wishes.