Moving Around

After Addi got her chest tube removed, the nurses told us that we needed to slowly get Addi moving, doing things like sitting up and walking. We moved her to the little couch in our room to sit. She is still VERY sore. The problem is not the incision down her chest, but the incision they used to place the difibulator. The doctor said it is like she had a stomach surgery. As you can imagine, she gets very panicky about bending at the waist. We tried to get her to stand, but she wanted nothing to do with that.

After awhile we got her up again and took her for a ride in the wagon around the 15th floor. She didn't appreciate the move to the wagon, but once she was situated she liked it.