Not sure how this happened so quickly but this guy (pictured above) has been showing up at Tessa's room at various times today hinting that he might give her the boot.
Tessa is doing so well without the ventilator and the ICU is so full right now that they may move her out to "The Floor" (The Ward)...floor sounds better but not by much. Bedspaces are so hard to come by that they're moving out the less critical patients to make space for new blood (bad pun not intended).
Apparently Tessa is #2 on the list and will be kicked out either today or tomorrow at the latest. Katie and I are almost shocked at the news. We had mentally geared ourselves up for at least another week or two in the ICU but yet again, Tessa had other plans.
She's still very dazed and confused and going through some minor narcotics withdrawal so as you can imagine, she's not super stoked on life right now...but incredibly stoic. She's coughing alot which is good for helping get all the fluid out of her chest but other than that she seems relatively comfortable and is breathing with only a little extra exertion.
I can't imagine what it must feel like for her and how scared she must be but apart from the occasional silent tear drop, she is the true picture of unwavering calm and endurance.
She has been one of the best patients (all the nurses say)...doesn't complain and always cooperates...well almost always...she is Tessa after all and has her mind made up about everything. Some things you just can't convince her to do.
By the way, last night while Hillary Redlin was visiting, Tessa tasted her first food in three weeks...a cherry popsicle.
Whoopee! You are going to be getting that old "Unsophisticated Tessa" back real soon. Keep the good news coming, this is one foreslure and eviction that won't be too hard to handle as long as it is medically justified. Eirk, love your hair cut, but where did you get that shirt? Poppa R
ReplyDeleteEric, we are elated that Tessa is beating this rap and surprising her docs with her progress. But I want to tell you that most of my admiration is for you. You have done a marvelous job with this blog. I am amazed by your intelligent and creative narrative, and the facility with which you have grasped the usually difficult-to-grasp medical innuendos of a difficult case like Tessa's.
ReplyDeleteJack
Ens alegrem molt dels progressos que va fent la Tessa, tots son molt encoratjadors!! L'andreu i la Mariona li evien molts petonets.
ReplyDeleteErik i Katy, moltes gràcies per aquest blog i per matenir-nos informats. Ànims.
Una abraçada ben forta
Oriol i Anna