ICU Day 1

Trudie made great progress today.

When I got back to the ICU ward about 10 AM she was still groggy and not very coherent. Drew, my brother-in-law, had arrived there before me. She was awake but not really "there." Chip and Shane, from church, again brought us lunch and Drew and I got to chat a while with them.

Drew left soon after lunch and drove on back to Charlotte. He was a great trooper to sit with me in the waiting room all day yesterday and half the evening. He didn't leave until Trudie was well bedded down in her ICU room at 10:30 PM last night. He was a great encouragement to Trudie and me just by being here. Thank you Drew for your showing up.

This evening Trudie started to show signs of her old self. The first indication was her latching onto the TV remote control. She initially might not have been solid on which button to push but SHE was determined to be the one who was going to push it. She reluctantly gave it up when she realized that this was one situation where she could get what she wanted (the right channel) by letting me have charge of the remote.

Then by evening, she was gobbling up her dinner. It wasn't much (jello and ice cycles) but she knew by eating it she would get better.

Now she is motivated to get better. She is showing her old spunk and is putting forth the effort she knows will get here better.

It looks like it is highly probable that she will leave ICU tomorrow sometime. Back in a normal room she will have her own direct phone line in and will be able to receive visitors. I'll update the blog when I know the details.