Not yet, but soon.

Heather's recovery remains slow, but steady. If she was the tortoise that won last time, this time she is the tortoise that showed that tortoise how to do things. 

It was a little bit of a rough night.  Since she completed the early removal of her PICC line the other night, blood draws have become a bit more problematic and tortuous. She usually has pretty good veins, but now they are buried under a bunch of extra-cellular fluid and everyone is having difficulty finding them. Not for lack of trying. She is beginning to feel like they are attempting to cure her with the worst acupuncture ever. 

Today the morning visit by the "team" included the advice that she stay here one more night. I had a pretty good idea that this was going to be the case.  Heather took the news well.  We are both anxious to get home, but she is just not ready. Still moving pretty slow, but was able to sit in the shower and rinse off. The shower again pretty much wiped her out. 

The nurse practitioner just popped his head in and felt that Heather is looking much better than when he saw her earlier today. He felt optimistic that she will be able to get out of here tomorrow morning. Time will tell.  

Heather's spirits are on the up-swing. She has cracked a couple of smiles this afternoon along with a couple of jokes. Her skin is peeling so much and she has accumulated such an impressive collection of skin for the skin box that Goldmember himself would be jealous!!

Here's to going home tomorrow.... (we hope!!)