Veronica knows that the more vestibular work she does the sooner she will get her balance back, and hopefully minimize her dizziness.  She is very driven to fight through the vestibular struggles.  She, the nurses and the doctors have found a drug combination that helps her feel less pain however it causes her to feel tired and groggy.  She has asked the nurses today to lower the dosage of the pain medication, so she has more time to work on her balance and the dizziness.

Veronica spent this morning working on more vestibular therapy.  I keep noticing the little wins that she is racking up.  Her pain and dizziness keep her from noticing.  When she talks to me now she looks at me and makes eye contact.  She put a respectable dent in her lunch.  She is tired now from all of the work this morning and is resting.  OT is coming this afternoon.  There was some trouble with the IV yesterday and today.  The nurse was able to start a new IV in her arm, so OT won’t be so problematic.

Dr. Friedman’s residents just took the compression bandage off Veronica’s head. She loudly and sharply said “Ah” which I thought meant that it was hurting more but she finished the sentence with “that feels better”.

Overnight the doctors and nurses continued to work on the right combination of pain medication. The medications seem to be starting to work. She is still in a lot of pain, but it doesn’t seem intense.

The doctors and nurses feel that she is continuing to recover as expected.

I waited for Veronica to get her next round of pain medication. Now I will go to sleep so I can be alert for the nurse shift change at 7 tomorrow. We are told that tomorrow may seem the same to Veronica, but I will start to notice little wins. She is speaking with more complete sentences this evening. Still trying to manage the pain.