January 22, 2011 - 3:30 PM

On rounds early this morning, Sarah's heart surgeon declared a moratorium on tests, procedures, and consultations.  He, wisely I think, observed that sooner or later something unfortunate will result from too many cooks in the kitchen.  At this point, we are certainly ready to agree.  The plan is for a quiet weekend and see where she is on Monday.

As if also by decree from her surgeon, Sarah has had the best 8 hours or so in weeks.  She spent most of it out of bed, ate half of a special order cinnamon raisin bagel (toasted) with lite herb cream cheese, and consumed about 4 oz of her daily caffeine fix (diet coke no ice).  Then in more typical Sarah fashion than I've seen in a long time, she planned her day in precise and careful detail - 9:30 favorite TV show, 10:15 change of top, 11:00 shopping trip (shopping!) to the gift shop to find something for Levi, 12:00 tuna wrap for lunch, 12:30....etc.  Until today's wheel chair ride to the gift shop, she had not been off the unit.  All good.  And Levi's coming at 4 PM to spend 24 hours.

Unfortunately, by 3:15 she had become progressively out of sorts - multiple aches and pains, an electrical sensation in her chest (?pacemaker), tears and misery.  Hopefully, a nap will help.

1 comment:

  1. Well that's nice. She's eating! I hope her time with hubby cheers her up too.

    It must be even more intense when mom and dad are both docs. Cheers to the moratorium, and here's hoping for a de-stressing weekend for all of you.

    ReplyDelete