Bev had the tube in her head removed this morning. This only leaves the 2 tubes in her chest. Bev remains somwhat sedated. Her blood pressure is a little bit high but the doctors are waiting for it to come down on its own. The circulation in her legs is coming back to what it was before the operation. Since the trachea tube has been inserted Bev is trying harder to breathe on her own. The head neuro surgeon visited this morning along with a number of other doctors. He was able to get Bev to wiggle her toes by what he calls a stimulated response. This means shaking her while he calls to her asking her to move her toes. He is pleased with this reaction but was quick to tell us that Bev is still very sick. I think he wants to be very cautious about getting our hopes up too quickly.
Note from Kim - The hosptial has been so good to us that we decided to try and donate blood today in return. Sherri of course cannot give blood becuase she was in England during Mad Cow. I tried to donate but my hemoglobin is only 12.3 and it needs to be 12.5 so I will try again tomorrow. In the meanwhile I'm going to try and bring up my iron levels. Dad of course had no problems. He finished donating his blood before two other donators who where there before him had finished - and he got a free t-shirt for his donation.
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