Slow to No

Progress that is.
TC is healing from the surgery, but shows no signs of it having fixed the problem.
That said, the doctor says that is absolutely still within the realm of their expectations for such an invasive procedure.
Obviously, this is the “glass half full” guy.

TC had a non-eventful day, but seemed more tired than even previous days.
Yesterday we had her up, she even had a shower.
Today…nothing but sleep.

The doctors of course want her up.
It only makes sense that movement is her friend. (Think lungs, atrophy, blood clots.)
But we her family find ourselves feeling conflicted; the staff wants one thing (for the good of the patient), but she is tired, experiencing pain and doesn’t have it in her to go for a simple stroll.
These are for me at least, some of the toughest times.

The physical demands and time management issues are a walk in the park compared to the head trip we’re on.
She “had” a fever a couple of days ago; big, big red flag.
They put her on 3 separate antibiotics and every day we were updated on the cultures they were trying to grow.
For the last 2 days, they’ve been unable to grow anything…great news.
They’ve weaned her off 2 of them, one yesterday, and one today.
Huge relief.

Late this afternoon…fever.
Here we go again.
Dig deep.

And pray.