WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

There is another blog set up to explain the first few days of Molly's illness and to give some clarity and explanation to the many procedures, etc that Molly has undergone: www.mfrenchtrek.blogspot.com Also, feel free to leave comments on the blog OR you can email Molly and I directly at: jameyandmolly@gmail.com Yesterday was a great day! Molly continues to impress everyone by showing off. The continuous dialysis (CVVH) was removed yesterday. Kate the RN asked her if she would like to sit up in a chair for a little bit, I thought Molly was going to leap out of bed into the chair on her own. She was able to sit up in the chair for almost 2 hours before she started getting tired. It was great to see her big smile and shining eyes as she sat was in the chair looking around. Almost everyone in the entire unit at some point stopped by to see her and tell her how good she looked sitting up. The also told her that she would be able to start drinking and eating soft solids. Her vocal cords will not be a choke factor for her. They wanted to wait until today because they wanted to make sure her stomach was ok. Normally our stomach produce about a liter of fluid a day and it just passes on through. Much of the fluid her stomach produces was just sitting in her stomach, so they had the Nasal-Gastric (NG) tube on constant suction to keep the fluid from sitting in her stomach and causing nausea. However, they capped the NG tube for the day to see if she got nauseated, or stomach pains. If she didn't then they would remove the NG tube and let her start eating soft solids, and liquids. As of this morning they did remove the tube and she will be able to start eating later today. The feeding tube down her nose will remain because of the high number of calories she needs to heal, she cannot eat that much on her own. They took her to the tub room this morning and she said it was pretty painful, but they did her hair, gave her a bath, and she feels a lot better right now. They also removed the VAC dressings from her stumps today, she said she didn't realize how uncomfortable they actually were, but they are gone completely now. Molly continues to be in great spirits and smiles a lot these last few days. This is great to see! Tomorrow they will be taking her back to the OR for some debreedment of the stumps and upper thighs and other areas. These are relatively minor and just part of the process. They may also do some skin graphs on her upper thighs tomorrow and remove her index finger and thumb on her left hand. If not, these will be done early next week. She will also recieve hemo-dialysis tomorrow after the surgery. So tomorrow will be a big day for her and very tiring, she will probably not get up in the chair tomorrow and may even be a little bit of a set back in how she feels, but the benefit is great so it is worth it. Overall, Molly continues to get stronger and healthier each day. Fewer tubes, machines, bags, medicines each day. In fact her room almost look bare without all the "stuff" in there and it is much quieter in the the room with out all the "stuff" making noise. The nurse told her yesterday that once the skin graphs are done she will have to remain in bed and fairly still while they take hold. However, after that she will get to rehab and they will kick her butt. She said "good, I'm bored, it will feel good to move around adn do something." The eye doctor as in yesterday and dialated her eyes but did not see anything that was of any concern. Beleive the blurriness is probably from the meds and/or the illness and will continue to get better. She said it is a little better each day. SPECIFIC PRAYER NEEDS Travel safety for her friend Debby Quick, safe and successful sugery tomorrow on her legs and fingers and a quick recovery Hemo-dialysis goes well, this tires her and makes her feel "funny" lightheaded, and dizzy. Coninued overall healing Strength in her arms to help compesate for her legs in transfering, etc. Pain control Thanks to each of you for your continued and constant prayers. God Bless each of you! Love, Jamey & Molly