Veronica had a small lunch and is now working on her exercises. Halfway through one exercise veronica said to me “This is getting easier. I mean it is still hard, but it isn’t as bad as the first day” She continues to fight the pain.
It is now my turn to try to balance things. Veronica has been asleep for 4 hours, and she is due for meds. I hate to wake her up, but I don’t want to get behind on the meds. I want to help keep her pain down so she can keep up her vestibular therapy. Every time she has gotten up to take her meds she has done some of the exercises without me suggesting it. She keeps giving it her all.
Around the house, I have been holding Veronica’s hands because we have kept the lights off, and the floor is full of challenging rugs and thresholds. Twice during the night she stopped and hugged me. I thought she was working on dizzy spells, but I was wrong again, she just wanted a hug. They reminded me of the hugs that Nolan gives us. I usually take for granted Veronica and I’s physical closeness. We can go 5 days without touching each other or 5 minutes. The last couple of days I have felt close to her but had forgotten how much I like when she hugs me.
We are at the rental house. Veronica was anxious about the ride home. She said that it wasn’t as bad as she worried it could be. She is now slowly rocking in a recliner.
Fr. Coffey stopped by to visit. It was nice to see him again. The nurse brought in discharge papers. We are going to be leaving the hospital soon. Please pray that the dizziness isn’t unbearable on the ride home and that I can give Veronica all that she needs at the house.
After a good lunch this afternoon Veronica has spent more time walking and resting. She also got a chance to take a shower. She said she feels clean and better. She is fighting the dizziness and pain with all of her strength which a lot.
This is one of the hospitals that plays a lullaby over the intercom whenever a baby is born. The intercom is also used to inform the “code team” when they are needed. It makes me happy to hear the lullaby, and I find solace in the fact that it happens much more often than a code call.
Veronica slept for more than an hour after the PT and OT appointments. Because the PT was happy with her progress I am allowed to walk with her. We walked “around” the floor twice with a stop in the lounge to do some vestibular exercises, she is now in bed relaxing.
The OT came in as the PT left. They went through a number of self-care exercises. The OT was very happy with everything that Veronica was able to do. The OT said that Veronica has met all of the OT goals, so now there will just be PT going forward. Both the PT and OT have encouraged her to try to go through her “normal” daily routine. It is hard to recognize what her own self-care routine is among the things that she does for our family every day.
