well, what can i say, when we arrived in 3 west, they moved us into a big ward with 3 screaming kids. oupa put his oropax into his ears and practised mental calmness ( isn't he so good at that ), put when i arrived in the afternoon and had one hour of this ( i am not good at all on that ) i blew top casket. so that produced some fast results and now we have our own private bedroom with ensuite bathroom, dvd player and a notice on the door to keep quiet. it can be done! cara desperately needs to sleep after all the monitors and bleeping in icu so that she can get back her strength. she still has one chest drain in and fluid on her lugs and they want her to sit up more and be more active so that the fluids can loosen up. she also needs to cough more and breathe deeply, but all that hurts so she still gets pain medication during the day so that she can become active. also need to get her to eat and drink more as she is still very shaky and wobbly and needs to gain her strenght back. she is very subdued still and hardly talks, does not want to watch tv ( that was her favourite hobby before the op ) or play gameboy....nothing gets her out of her shell right now.
healing takes time and it is a very intense period now for us to help her on her path to recovery. we miss home and the rain...here the frost is on its way, very cold at night but still sunny days.
sending you our warmest regards from the hospital, sonja, wolfgang, cara
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