More complications

This is Brian with another update on Wendi. I know this is probably an overly emotional reaction to the situation, but I am becoming increasingly concerned and frustrated by all the complications that are keeping Wendi in the hospital. So far she has been in the hospital two weeks longer than originally estimated. I'm starting to wonder if she will ever be able to come home; she doesn't seem to be improving. When I saw her on Monday afternoon, she seemed very drugged up, and her short-term memory was not very good. She was very nauseous, and she was also complaining about pain in her lower abdominal region, which is noticeably distended. At least while I was there, I couldn't get a good answer from anyone as to why that was happening. I'll give them some time to get a handle on things and check with them again tonight.

My primary concern is that if Wendi is not allowed to come home in the near future, it will start to become difficult for her to recover. Obviously she can't come home in her current condition, but I believe she will be more motivated if she knows that her hospital stay is about to come to an end. She is discouraged by how long she has been kept in the hospital, and she hasn't gone on a single walk for the last two days. (She's supposed to take four walks every day.) I'm worried that this could become a negative situation that feeds on itself — she can't leave the hospital until she improves, but she can't improve until she leaves the hospital. The situation with her bladder seems to be under control, and her staph infection is going away. All that remains is for her to regain some mental acuity so that she can at least partially take care of herself once she's at home.