Lovin' that Morphine Drip!

Mom's in ICU, so we only got to visit about 10 minutes before they ran us out. (Dad gets to stay all the time.) She was groggy and tried to talk to us, but her voice would just fade away- even though her mouth kept moving. When she came out of the fog (for a few seconds), she was pretty lucid, but it didn't last long. She has a morphine drip that she can control, but she was so far gone it didn't matter!

They did have her setting on the side of the bed for a while today. She is on oxygen. Her pupils are about the size of Abilene. She has movement (she was moving her arms quite a bit), but for no real reason.

Dad said she was fitfully anxious most of the day; she'd sleep for a few minutes, then wake up and look around frantically until she finally saw him. That happened throughout most of the day, so she's still quite disoriented-- for now.

We did look at the x-rays of the new knee, and it IS pretty invasive, but an engineering marvel. It does go quite deep into both bones, so hopefully it will heal quickly.

The doctor saw her today and said that if she continues to make progress, he'll probably move her out of ICU tomorrow. She seemed to feel no ill side effects (such as nausea) from the surgery.

We hope so!