Its been a busy week for her actually. First she was moved out of the first unit into a quieter unit with an older, depressed population instead of the crashing, shrieking drug and alchohol addicts. That's good because that first hall she was in was stressful just because of the tempo and noise level.
She had a CT scan because the Doc's thought she might have or be susceptible to pulmonary embolisms due to her exaggerated idleness. That test resolved that she did not have any embolisms but that she did have a partially collapsed lung due to her inactivity. And she apparently has some underlying pneumonia that has been affecting her health without making itself evident so it could be treated.
She also had a visit with a public defender and today another trip to a conference room in the main hospital to see a judge, making it official that she is now a non-volunteer patient. All that really means is that she will have to make steady progress in her health to be released from the hospital in a few more weeks.
I did visit her this afternoon for about an hour but I had to jet out to get back for one of my classes that was meeting tonight so that we could skip two nights week after next. Once I woke her from a nap she actually seemed more relaxed and animated than she has been in the past few weeks so that seemed to be a good thing. She's had 2 ECTs and is on the schedule for 3AM tomorrow morning for her third treatment.
Remind me to find and post a link to just what this treatment is all about for those of you that might want or need some of your own. Tomorrow.
Anyway, much of her distress and panic and danger is reduced and that's a good thing. I'll be visiting her again tomorrow and I must remember a People magazine for her!
Now, I'm going to bed. No alarm clock but hungry dogs in the morning!
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