I am sure Ricki will say one of her favorite parts of the day was her visit from Dr Blakeley. The visit this morning had a sweet calming effect on her. Ricki was cute she said "Dr Blakeley told me just what I needed to hear" Dr Blakeley told her she was Wonder Woman and that she was 4 days ahead of her recovery than they had anticipated. She explained the pain Ricki is experiencing and what improvement she can anticipate over the coming week. It gave Ricki hope for better days ahead.
They removed the arterial line in her arm, the central line in her neck, her catheter and they shut off the suction to her chest drain. Although she is still in a great deal of pain she is making progress towards recovery.
This is all of Ricki's pain management medicines in addition to the oral meds she is taking:) we counted and yesterday she had over 20 different things attached to her but now she has 4 less than yesterday but then added one more later today.. We are still headed in the right direction!
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