Vickie seemed groggy today, possibly from the Benadryl they are giving her, trying to clear up the rash that won't go away. She was experiencing a lot of congestion when I came in the room this morning. Had to have her nurse paged to do the suction procedure on the trach. After that I was in the room for an hour and a half and no one came in to check on her. Apparently we get the third string backup on weekends.
When Vickie's awake she can nod her head yes or no . She's obviously aware of what we say and she's able to think an answer to easy questions. From now on I would ask visitors to not have conversations among themselves around her bed as if she wasn't there. Also I believe the best tact for now is to keep it simple.
I would like to remind all visitors to leave their name and time of visit in Vickie's visitor book near her bed. This is part of the deal I made with the nursing staff earlier to let anyone visit as long as we could keep track of who's been there and when.
One last thing, if you are visiting when dr.s are there and they start giving details about her treatment or condition please remind them that you are not immediate family, therefore they should not be giving out that information.