A Bed With a View

At 7:15 this morning they took Amacker down for her arm surgery, and it was a complete success. They didn’t call me… something about it happening right in the middle of the nurse shift-change, but it did go well, and I spoke with the doctors after.

Amacker’s humorous has been repaired with a plate and about 7 screws. It will heal just fine. The nerve that travels along that bone looks intact, though they could not be certain that she won’t feel some tingling or numbness in her hands. It can repair itself if there is damage. It is likely that she will have excellent use of her left hand further down the line.

They’ve moved Amacker to a different room, and to the bed close to the window. It’s a nice view. Tomorrow morning they’re going to do some tests to make sure she’s ready to breath unassisted, in fact today they’re going to slowly back the machine off most of the way. Then tomorrow some time they will exuberate her, removing the breathing tubes entirely.

After the breathing tubes are out, they will begin weaning Amacker from her sedation drugs. It will take a while for them to exit her system completely, but in the next few days Amacker will begin to have more and more consciousness. There’s no prescribed schedule for when she’ll be able to sing on key or have guests, but it’s coming.

Tomorrow evening Dad and Alden will arrive. We’ll all be here together as Amacker begins to process the faces in front of her.

I’m excited.