all closed up

Sorry, it has been a while since I updated. Mom is doing pretty good. She is still working on her breathing. She is only on the smaller oxygen mask most of the time, but at night, and occasionally when her oxygen levels drop, she has to be on the CPAP machine. A few days ago, they put her in a wheelchair and she was able to sit in it for about half an hour. She had been having a lot of pain though and hasn't been able to do that again. She was able to see the grandkids for a minute on Saturday, which made her really happy. They have been kind of concerned that she still isn't able to lift her right arm. The doctors did an MRI to try and figure out what is going on. They found a spot in her brain that they think might be evidence that she had a small stroke. Now we just have to wait and hope that her brain reroutes that section and that she gets arm control back. She had to have surgery today. They needed to go in to remove some dead tissue and see how things were going. Things actually looked good enough that they decided to close up the wound. That is a huge step. It means that they are no longer concerned about the infection and needing to get in to clean it up. It also means that blood flow is good enough in the area that they are no longer concerned about dead tissue. They said they were able to close up the wound pretty well, but that she will have a lot of healing to do. They said that it is now up to her and mother nature to heal the wound. It will take a while for it to heal, but once it does, it will be time to start getting her up and moving so she can start to feel better. Her surgery didn't end until this evening. They are going to keep her sedated for tonight. They had to put the breathing tube in for surgery, so they are leaving it in for tonight. It will hopefully come out tomorrow morning. We will see what tomorrow brings.