Graduating from ICU

With cost savings in mind, the ICU nurse and the physical therapist combined graduation out of ICU with some needed PT time on Ingrid's feet. So we arrived on the 3rd floor after climbing a few flights of stairs. Or maybe it was an elevator, hard to tell

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Second night, 1st half of the 3rd day (9-17-25)...a little setback

I let the pain get away from me last night. Though I only awoke 3 times with people coming in, I tried to sleep more, but was unsuccessful because my pain got really sharp... Which lead to my not being able to do deep breaths... After sitting up for 2

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Day 2, September 16th

I am so blessed to have a huge number of prayer warriors keeping me in their prayers. I can totally feel it.. Today was a much better day. I was able to eat 3 meals, and only got nauseous for a short time when I was standing up, & my

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First Night

Good morning. First of all, I made it through the night without throwing up. Sorry about that report, but some might be wondering. 🤷🏻We will see how breakfast goes. Hopefully good. I was awakened approximately every hour with someone checking on me or things like giving me a nebulizer treatment.

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Prayer request

Ingrid would like prayer because she is having some nauseousness. But due to some mild issues in her heart rhythm that are exaggerated by the anti-nausea meds, she can't have those meds often enough. She hasn't had any food other then 2 pretzels and she'

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Pain management

The pain med combination seems to be working better. Still lots of pain, but better enough for a nap.

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Update from the ICU

Ingrid is in a LOT of pain. They are working on balancing things out.

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Doctor's report

The doctor met with me and gave his update. He says he removed all of the cyst, and he's curious to find out what it was. He also mentioned an issue with cuts to major veins and arteries, but he got those sutured up right away. Ingrid is

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Update #1

The nurse called - they are wrapping things up and should be done in 30 minutes or so.

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Surgery starts now

Prep is complete for Ingrid. She signed all the forms and the surgeon signed her back. They've rolled her down to the operating room to let the anesthesiologist and other staff get started. Pray for the whole staff in that OR, specifically Dr. Kesler for his work as

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