Hanging in there...

Becca here with a report from Day 2. Mom is hanging in there. The really bad symptoms haven’t shown up yet (and the nausea that reared its head has been brought back under control with medication and the first set of chills taken care of with warm blankets) but she is already completely exhausted from being woken every two hours (at the most) for vital signs to be checked or medication to be given. As the nurses warned us when we arrived, a week without a successful sleep cycle is enough to turn anybody into a zombie.

Furthermore like all IL-2 patients here she is under “bed arrest”…kept in an alarmed bed and only allowed up with supervision and escort. She did manage to convince them to give her a few brief moments of freedom this morning when she was feeling better to get out of the room and sit in the lounge with Brian and Kai (though a trainee nurse was there the whole time too). I’m sure the chance to get a different view and and soak in all that light helped, though a two year old doesn’t exactly help with the tiredness.

The wi-fi connection in the room is on the fritz, so Mom might be delayed in seeing any emails or messages you’ve sent, but keep them coming; she appreciates the support. I'd say at this point she's pretty much past being up to seeing visitors or talking to them on the phone.

We'll keep you posted...