Friday Update

Trish continues to recover from the surgery. Her fetynol is on continuous flow still, but she hasn't pressed the button for a needed exra push all day. I suggested to her that she ask about ending the continuous flow and put it just on push as needed. She did two laps on one walk around the nurses station today -- that was great, I really didn't expect her to do more than one and the nurses yesterday were impressed when she did one full lap. They only expected her to go to the corner of her row and back. Trish likes pushing the envelope, doing a little more than required to get by. Excelling with all her might. This is what has gotten us this far and what will see us through this challenge. Only things out of her control can stop her.

We are waiting for Trish Uncle Charlie and Cousin Sandy to visit. Trish is pretty tired so I hope they ge her soon. This will be a great visit that Trish is looking forward too, so I hope she is up to it.

Her next ECP treatment is Wednesday and we hope that they will discharge her by the end of next week. Tonight they expect to start feeding her via the nasal tube they inserted during surgery. The tube runs from her left nostril to her intestine. The thought is that feeding her this way will be easier on the liver, than TPN (IV feeding) and give her more nutrition than she can eat by mouth at the moment.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. We will be doing laps.