Hello friends,
I am sad to report that Janet did not improve today.
She is still draining from the lung, despite having had a second talc pleuredesis on Friday night-Saturday morning. I helped her make up a chart on the draining, since for some reason the staff were content to simply eyeball the accululation meter every now and again. Janet wanted a more quantitative time-amount trend chart.
She is eating well, able to move about in her room, and is breathing fine, but the lung must dry out. She is being medicated, so at times she is resting. Anyone who has ever stayed in a hospital realizes that it can be difficult to get rest, with all the noises and nurses coming to take blood tests, etc. So when she can sleep or catnap, it helps her recover her strength and energy.
So for now, no general visits and no phone calls please unless from close family and our close contact network of medical friends. Phone calls sometimes wake her up.
Please do make entries on this blog. I print them out and bring them to Janet each day.
thanks
george
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Hello Janet and George,
and all on your team: know that we Dragons are calling on all our magical and mystical allies to assist you with gentle energy and (re)-constructive thinking.
I had a thought about getting better rest in the noisy hospital environment. Maybe you could try noise-cancelling headphones? They supply a "cushion" of white noise in addition to music or ambient sound from the source of choice. I have a set if you would like to try them and I also have a really restful CD recording of a babbling brook on Cape Cod and some other restful ambient recordings. Just let me know!
love Stream
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