Experiment.....

Paula had another good day.....she has been a lot more coherent the last two days than before......but as she told me, "I've got a lot to catch up on." And she does despite the progress of the last 4 weeks.

Every day when I get there, she says "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" When I leave, she says, "Please don't leave!" When I tell her that I'm going to feed the "catilinas"....she's O.K. until I start to put the net enclosure around her....then she says, "No, NO!!!, please don't....." Tonight, I talked to Paula about why it was SO important that she not get out of bed by herself (although she is doing GREAT!) She promised if I didn't put the net up, she would not get out of bed and would push the red button to call a nurse. I talked to the nurse and he said it would be O.K., so we experimented with having only once side of the net up. I ask the nurse to watch her closely. I'd been home about 5 minutes, when Paula called, and ask me to call her at the hospital.....I said, "Paula, I'm talking to you now...." I heard the nurse in the background, and Paula said, "Let me let you talk to the nurse." The nurse said she had gotten out of bed twice, and that when he went to put her in the bed, with the net closed.....she really got upset and VERY loud and insisted on calling me. I told him that was the only choice we had.....so I'm sure I'm on her "No good" list again......oh well!!!!!

Paula pushed ME around the hospital appx 4 times today in the wheelchair and used the stationary bike in between. Big John, the nurse, laughed as he saw us coming down the hall. He said a week ago, he walked Paula around the hospital, and he had to rest her 5-6 times!!!

She ate better today than she ever has.....I believe they will put her on regular liquids and diet tomorrow or Tuesday.

Happy Valentines Day, and may God richly bless you.