Evening Update – Oct. 6

Today has been good and bad.

Megan is more alert and aware. She is doing great in PT and dialysis got started early. She was done by early afternoon.

Today she had a visit with music therapy and pet therapy. These went well and she seemed to enjoy herself.

In the bad, the nausea from the smells is getting worse. They’ve started giving her some meds but it isn’t perfect. This is leading to a lot of additional stress. She was up most of the day and it was a pretty busy day for her.

Her shoulder is very uncomfortable and she is still sore in her stomach. Tomorrow they are supposed to do a procedure on her other shoulder and put her arm in a sling for 10 days, which will certainly cause her a lot of frustration. She doesn’t even like her arm under the blanket.

I read a chapter of a book to her an hour ago and she finally calmed enough to fully pass out. She has been resting peacefully since. I’m sitting in the chair beside her because when I move away she gets agitated.

I’m worried how she will feel after the procedure tomorrow with having her arm in a sling. I also worry about losing forward progress with her PT. She seems to be favoring her left arm, but won’t be able to use it for 10 days.

I’m also worried about her being alone ever. Last night Susan and I went to Target together while she slept. She was out the whole time and it worked well. The problem is if she were to have woken up and called for help, with the door closed no one hears her. But with the door open the hospital smell overwhelms her and she starts gagging.

We got a diffuser and it helps a bit but adding enough oil to override the other smell overwhelms her too.

I really don’t know how to handle this.

Please pray for peace and rest. Also please pray about this smell issue.