03/04/12

More routine today.  Tuesday was another good day.  Jules was off the ventilator for most of the day was only connected whilst sleeping at night, even then the ventilator is only assisting her as she is mostly breathing by herself.  She is allowed to use the speaking valve and only had it off when doing physio as the combined effort of speaking and doing the exercises is too tiring.  Margie and I did three rounds of physio on her biceps and triceps.  Her lungs are improving and the need for suction in reducing, coughing is still a big effort.

Today's highlight was a visit from VR mobile beauty therapy for a manicure, pedicure, eyebrows and other things girls do.  It was done on the balcony and combined with yum cha lunch brought in by Larissa and Celeste.  The nutritionist has said we no longer need to keep a record of Jules food and liquid intake  as now she is eating normally.  The fresh fruit juice is a hit and we are getting a juicer for the unit so we can process pineapples.

Jules had 88 emails in her inbox yesterday which we attended to with me typing the responses as dictated by Jules. Then a read of the paper.  We will try to get the ipad to access the internet so she can check on her favorite websites. 

Dinner while watching Biggest Loser then Yes Minister and something else she was wanting to stay awake until around 10:30 and hoped to get a good nights sleep after then

Again clinically there is not much to report which is good news.

 Kind regards Norm