Coming Home

Today's the day! Mom will be coming home from the hospital later today. She will, however, still have the chest tube in until December. Concerns about an air leak made her doctor reluctant to remove the tube. So, she will be getting home health care to assist her with maintenance of the chest tube/bandages and dressings, etc. She has an appointment to go back to her surgeon on December 9, when hopefully the chest tube will be removed and she will be free! :)

Yesterday she was moved out of Intensive Care and into a regular room. What a huge difference in the level of care. Thank goodness my dad is there to make sure she is getting her pain meds, and getting up and taking walks. They are supposed to get her up and moving and walking several times a day. Her room is loud and noisy and I think she will have an easier time recovering once she is home. More updates later.