Day 10
This has been a good day. It has been good in so many ways and we continue to count our blessings. The arteriogram did not happen today due to equipment failure, but that’s okay. Life has downshifted to neutral for the time being and that is good.
Erika improved greatly today and is out of NICU. The headaches continue to decline and she was up in a chair for awhile. The walks are becoming longer and her smiles are becoming more frequent. Since they now plan to perform the arteriogram on Monday they have moved her out of ICU up to a very nice private room. All the monitoring devices and cords are gone, except for the leg pump thingies (LPT’s), and the silence is golden. She has her own bathroom and shower. This is nice. Especially since this morning, I started my day off performing my first solo “NICU Baptism.” The NICU Baptism is where you wash the patient’s hair while they lay in bed. I like the shower idea a bit better.
In celebration of our leaving NICU, Erika saved her peach cobbler from lunch and had me pick up some Blue Bell ice cream from the hospital Café. We enjoyed it greatly. It was a grand celebration!
Erika is full of appreciation for all the wonderful cards and many prayers. I set them up around the room so she could see them from her bed. Erika asked that you pray for increased strength and for wisdom for the doctors. We are so grateful that so many of the prayers have already been answered.
For tonight I feel that I have gotten so much that I have prayed for that I just want to you to thank God for his mercy and goodness toward us.
For the weekend it looks like we are going to get a chance to rest.
With much love and appreciation,
Tim & Erika
5 comments:
Glad to hear that Erika is doing well and improving so quickly. (What else would you expect!)
We'll continue to keep both of you in our prayers.
- Lori and Patrick
Congratulations on moving out of NICU! It sounds like you have a nice, relaxing weekend ahead of you. You may need another room to display all of the cards! That ice cream idea was a good one. We will be praying and thinking of you and Erika this weekend. -Kristi
Yeah! So glad to hear the good news that Erika is out of ICU! She is a champion!
We continue to pray for you both!
Jackie,John, Jack,Danny, Jimmy and Patrick
Great news! May you both have a truly restful weekend and an even better next week!
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