monday

today one can see that the hospital is back in full swing after a somewhat quieter weekend with the superbowl season closing yesterday with their final match. needless to say that there were a lot of parties on saturday. cara is healing slowly, a bit every day, tiny steps to recovery. when the whole team this morning was around her bedside ( they do this once a day ) the senior cardiologists explained to us why they did not want to remove the ventilator just yet ( hopefully during the course of the day ). she is lying on her side now to help the fluid from her lungs to drain. she is on transitional medication that are neccessary prior to removal of the pipes. once the pipes are out she will not be kept sedated anymore so there will be lot more movement on the chest and she will have to cough the fluids out herself, which is sore and that is why they are delaying the process. she is on a diuretic drug called lassex now. they have also switched her from the heavy sedation drug ( cannot remember the complicated name ) to the lighter morphine one. so they prefer to leave the pipes a couple of hours longer in verses having to put them back in after they see that the lungs cannot cope on their own. when she wakes up and opens her eyes we talk to her and she responds with a nod or a shake, depending on the question. at times she is so frustrated with the pipes and her inability to speak that we need all our strength to leep her from ripping the pipe straight out of her mouth. we are looking very much forward to when we can communicate again with her!!! we miss her wisdom beyond years, her intuition and her ability to keep us on our toes.
sleep well should you be in europe or africa and have a good day should you be in the americas!
also, my namibian sim card +264-811246924 has failed me, so Mike is still contactable on his namibian mobile +264-811276924 and moi on +1-405 3658887. you can also e-mail us on progress@mweb.com.na, just be aware that we cannot open attachments or view pictures. will send another update tomorrow this time. bye for now.