Tuesday, November 16th

I went ot the hospital at 6am to be sure I could talk with the dr. I actually got the opportunity around 9am. The dr is still concerned about her inability to eat without getting sick. We are going to try a liquid diet today and the dr asked if I could stay to observe how she does. At lunchtime, I was out running an errand with Don and the nurse fed Vernell. She ended up throwing up part of her lunch, bummer. But at dinner time I was there to help her and she stopped after a few bites when she felt full. When we left at 7:30pm, she had not thrown anything up. Vernell literally slept ALL day. She woke up long enough to swallow pills and at meal time for a very short period of time. The rest of the day she slept.... and got some great healing rest for her body. She is still on some kooky pain meds that makes her loopy. The dr is weaning her down to lower doses. She will also be weaning off oxygen. The main thing we need to see is for her to eat and keep it down. I anticipate that tomorrow will still be a liquid diet. Her blood pressure was on the low side but not as low as usual. I wish I could articulate all of the information in my head. I am so tired, please forgive me. I hope to be refreshed for tomorrow and do a better job of keeping you up to date.