Moved Out of the ICU

Rebecca was moved from the NICU to a room on the neurology floor Sunday night. This room is on the same floor and wing as the NICU. I sleep on the pull out chair in her room.

She has been recovering more of her memory. She seems almost normal. Still some short term memory loss. She can’t remember where we currently live but knows where we lived 35 years ago.

I saw the neurologist yesterday. He was impressed by how much she has come back. After looking at the brain waves he indicated there is still some activity he would like to see a little calmer. He is going to increase her medication some. She is still connected to the EEG/video machine.

A blood sample was taken last Thursday for the Freelite Test. The Lambda free light chain proteins decreased from 33 mg/dL a couple of months ago to 27.6 mg/dL now. We were concerned that the cancer may have taken a jump. It appears to still be in check. Maybe we can delay any chemo until she is feeling better. She has been having diarrhea for about three days. The nausea started yesterday. Due to a urinary tract infection they have been giving her antibiotics. I think they are giving her about three different ones which may be causing the stomach problems.

They could not draw blood from her power port yesterday. A nurse came by later and did the TPA treatment on it and got it to draw blood again. This keeps her arms from getting all black and blue from the sticks. She has hard veins to find.