I just got home from the hospital. Randy is staying with Vicki again tonight.
Holly is feeling better and was at the hospital the majority of the day. She keeps Vicki's nurses in line for sure!! She made sure they got Vicki in a chair today - she sat up for three hours! She also spoke with Vicki's nurse this morning in the presence of Vicki's doctor and made sure he wrote orders for everything she wanted done. :) They march to a different beat when Holly's on the floor. She sure does love her momma.
Aaron had a little bit of a rough day yesterday and today. His knee has been bothering him an awful lot so he went to the doctor this afternoon and had an ultrasound done to rule out a blood clot. No blood clot was detected so he'll be checking with his doctor tomorrow to see if he needs an MRI. He's okay, just in a lot of pain. I'm sure standing around on the hard floor at the hospital for so long every day hasn't helped much. We're taking care of him too! :)
Vicki was on a trach collar today for about 7 hours. She breaths on her own with this weaning exercise and it really tires her out. She will be moving to a specialty hospital locating at Bristol Regional Medical Center tomorrow morning (Wednesday). They specialize in vent/trach care. They'll probably push her a lot to get her weaned off the vent. We'll be so relieved to get her off of that and I'm sure she will be too. We're a little nervous about the move due to the confusion it will probably cause Vicki, but it's a move in the right direction and we're so thankful for that! Her temp has been down today as well. She's still quite disoriented and is always concerned about her baby.
I'll keep you posted on how the move goes tomorrow.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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This is chelsea and im in school haha but i just want everyone to know i love them and its kinda sad for me that shes going to bristol because i cant see her everyday but thats ok whatever it takes to get my mom vicki better again i love everybody and we're gonna get through this
Chelsea you are so sweet!!! After talking to Holly last night this move to Bristol does sound like a positive step for Vicki. When Vicki had the accident and I first talked to Aaron at the hospital I told him about my prayer to our Heavenly Father. I told him that I had told our Heavenly Father that I was not by any means questioning him and his actions however I asked him to SERIOUSLY reconsider what he was doing. I said to him, "Lord you know that she is the backbone to this family...she holds everyone together" and after I prayed that night I knew Vicki would be alright. I just knew it. And it's weird because after I prayed there was this sense of peace that just came over me. I know she will be fine...of course the only downfall is going to be TIME. It is going to be a L-O-N-G road for her and a difficult one at that but it is not a road that thanks to him she does not have to walk alone. I love the Norris-Kiss family as if they were my own. Always have, always will. And Chelsea I can remember like it was yesterday looking at Josh's face when he would be holding you or playing with you. He LOVED you soo...much! Course you know that. You had the cutest little face with the chubbiest little cheeks. Gosh how I miss him. I remember when he passed I had the hardest time with it because I was a new mom and just the love I felt for Kensley I could not imagine losing her. I went to see Vicki one day and I talked to her about Josh and I just cried to her and I asked her how she got out of bed everyday after losing her child...I told her now that I have Kensley I just could not live without her. And you know what she told me....she said, "It's hard and I miss him but I also have to be here for my other children" I will never forget that as long as I live. Vicki knew that life must go on because she knew she had a family that depended on her and needed her. Oh goodness, I can not explain in words what an awesome woman that Vicki is. I pray everyday that I can be just of good as a mother as she is. Well...I guess I need to kick myself back into that mom role and remember I got a job to do so that I can put a roof over my youngins' heads. I love you guys...keep trusting in him...she is going to be just fine! Erika
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