Monday Report

Given Mary was feeling pretty good last night, I have asked Ingrid, Terry and MaryR to tag team Mary so she has company until I arrive about 2PM today (I do have a job and I want to keep it!)

Ingrid arrived with some good tea instead of the Lipton tea served by the hospital. Ingrid will be replaced by MaryR and then Terry arrives to relieve Mary.

Ingrid reported that Dr. Visser stopped to see Mary this morning and is very pleased with her status. He is discontinuing all the tubes and connections except one IV and is ok'ing a shower which will make our girl very happy! I guess that means she is off the catheter and the feeding tube!

He said her liver functions are really good. Pain meds will now be oral in form, not injections.

Ingrid found Mary up and waking when she arrived so Mary is clearly on the mend.

We need to be cautious, however. This success does not mean she has completed Step 2 of this journey. It simply means she is on the path to successfully complete it.