Such A Big Day

Mom has had such a big day today. She had physical therapy, occupational therapy, a back treatment (this helps keep things moving so her lungs don't get clogged again), a bath and then the chest tubes were pulled. She said it didn't hurt as much as she had thought it would. I put two pictures on of the tubes. The one shows the tubes themselves. From the end of them to wear it is kind of dark (thats the sutures that were holding them in place) is what was inside of her. It's about 12 inches. The other picture is of the container that holds the fluid that drains out of the chest. They monitor how much is draining with this container. (It's hard to believe Ashton had 6 of these in him.)

She has also had quite a few visitors today. Everyone was so good to keep their visits short. We appreciate that so much. It can be so wearing, but it means a lot that you would take the time out of your busy schedules to come and visit.