Carrie is Back Home!

[Shannon here]  Great news!  After a pretty exhausting day for Carrie, she was released from the hospital to come home today.

She had a good day yesterday – even laughed and joked extensively with a male nurse who enjoyed the experience so much that he kept saying he was sorry to see her leave!

And she is eating soft foods and doing well, though there is pain that comes and goes.  It is very tiring to work through the discomfort and the logistics of learning to eat, drink, suck, and swallow with different sensations.

Here she is eating for the first time with a spoon – a homemade smoothie with lots of good nourishing stuff blended into lots of fruit.

Last night, Carrie had considerable pain in the calf of one leg – she has large, ropey varicose veins there.  So there was a bit of a set-back and worry about blood clots.  After a doppler test was performed this morning, it was discovered she does have a deep vein thrombosis (DVT).  Fortunately, the vascular doctor who saw her felt it was mild enough to send her home with instructions about wrapping the leg, keeping it elevated, and applying warm heat.  He will see her again next week to follow up.

Since Carrie has been home, she is catching up on much-needed undisturbed (and quiet!) sleep.  With a few brief bouts of consciousness to eat and drink and take pain meds, she’s been sleeping all afternoon and early evening.  There was no possibility of sleeping while she was in the hospital.

So, back to home sweet home and her healing – and to her little dog Maizey, who was overjoyed to see her.

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