Still in the Hospital

It has been a long and eventful week for Trini.

Trini had surgery on Tuesday. The surgeon inserted tubes in both lungs to drain fluid and did a procedure to hopefully reduce the fluid production. She was in ICU for one day and is now back in a private room and breathing easier. No one ever brags about hospital food being delicious but her current struggle is that everything makes her nauseous.

After 12 days in the hospital Trini still has a great sense of humor. When the nurses told us she walked around the room a bit her reply was, “It was more like shuffling.” When people tell her she looks skinny she says, “I like the sound of that.” She is really looking forward to going home but she says, “I’ll believe it when the wheelchair comes to get me!” We all are looking forward to that day too!

In the mean time please continue sending her emails in lieu of visits. They have been very encouraging to her. You may use the E-mail a Patient link on the Martin Memorial Medical Center Web page. Select the north hospital and Room 303.