Louise 39
Hello All,
I'm sorry to have to tell you that Louise39 is still hospitalized. Today is day 33 of this go-round. Since my last post, Louise began to experience increasing respiratory problems and a tracheostomy was recommended. Louise decided to proceed and the surgery was performed on Weds. night, Feb. 29th. It was successful and Louise is now learning how to live with this implanted device. She is on a vent for part of the day and is gradually being "weaned" from it. She is presently unable to speak but we will soon fit a valve that will enable her to speak when it is present. In addition, she must re-learn eating with a "trach". She remains as cheerful as anyone could be under the circumstances (she is indomitable, you know) and misses communicating directly with her LJ friends. I hope that she will return home soon but there are a lot of curves and roundabouts on this road. It appears that we will have to have some special equipment in our home to support her, but I have no precise details yet. Rest. assured that she loves you all, as well as most ot the Buffy characters and she will be writing these herself as soon as she is able. In the interim, I will keep you posted as best I can.Thank you all for your kind thoughts and prayers.
Jim
I'm sorry to have to tell you that Louise39 is still hospitalized. Today is day 33 of this go-round. Since my last post, Louise began to experience increasing respiratory problems and a tracheostomy was recommended. Louise decided to proceed and the surgery was performed on Weds. night, Feb. 29th. It was successful and Louise is now learning how to live with this implanted device. She is on a vent for part of the day and is gradually being "weaned" from it. She is presently unable to speak but we will soon fit a valve that will enable her to speak when it is present. In addition, she must re-learn eating with a "trach". She remains as cheerful as anyone could be under the circumstances (she is indomitable, you know) and misses communicating directly with her LJ friends. I hope that she will return home soon but there are a lot of curves and roundabouts on this road. It appears that we will have to have some special equipment in our home to support her, but I have no precise details yet. Rest. assured that she loves you all, as well as most ot the Buffy characters and she will be writing these herself as soon as she is able. In the interim, I will keep you posted as best I can.Thank you all for your kind thoughts and prayers.
Jim