Tuesday

After a great day yesterday, today started off pretty bad. They attempted to do "wound care" and change Mary's bandages without her being put under. They gave her as much pain medication as they could, but it was still too unbearable. This was, as you can imagine, extremely hard for my mom to watch. After a while of screaming and crying, the doctor finally said they needed to stop. She had already eaten breakfast, however, and so they could not put her under. So they did not change the bandages today. They are planning to put her under tomorrow and do it. After a rough morning, she slept a lot and then woke up feeling okay. Mary actually put make-up on for the first time today! My sister Kacee and her kids drove down to vistit today and I think Mary was very excited to see them. She was able to be put on a "traveling bed" and wheeled around a little bit. I'm sure it did her a world of good to be out of her room for a while. She did, however, throw up while out and about....so that wasn't too great. But the day ended MUCH better than it started! After they change her bandages tomorrow they are also going to try and have her stand and maybe even try walking. I'm sure that will be difficult, but they don't want to wait much longer before having her put some weight on her legs and bend her knees. We know you can do it Mary!! We'll all be sending our good vibes your way!