Medical/Surgical Unit

from Dad...

Badeen continues to improve. Slept 5 hrs last night. We walked a bit this morning and although weak she’s gaining strength. Neurologist is hopeful that she will be able to go home tomorrow. He said her tumor was the size of his fist. It was so large that the inner cells of the tumor were dead because of lack of blood. Elisabeth commented, “How could the tumor be so big because Mom has a small head?”.

After her operation, Badeen was drinking large amounts of water. Actually, the nurses said she holds the record for highest urination in ICU history. Unfortunately, her sodium levels are now low so she’s restricted to 2 liters of fluids/day which is really difficult. Other than this, everything else is OK.

Thanks for all your emails and prayers,

Joe