Deep Sleep

Amacker’s injuries are severe and her leg and mid-section remain open (although wrapped in protective, fancy “saran wrap”). To help her not face that trauma, or deal with that pain, she is being kept in a fairly deep sleep. As I said before, they do rarely bring her up to a near-conscious state and ask her to wiggle things around. She can do so (which is excellent news), but when asked if she feels pain, she always nods slightly.

She has an intubation tube in her mouth and is being assisted in breathing, but each hour she makes more effort to breath on her own. The collapsed lung is mostly refilled, and the oxygen they had been giving her has been reduced by half. Her color is much better also.

She has many tubes in and out of various places. Some drain wounds. Some help her breath. Some feed her. Some take out waste…you get the idea.