Tonight, I got really dizzy, my arms got cold and I couldnt’ drive home. I am exhausted. Today, I didn’t eat very well, hardly slept last night, then spent 3 hours at the mortuary doing all the arrangements. That was exhausting. Plus the ups and downs of each day, how are gramma’s numbers, that’s all […]

cocina.JPG Originally uploaded by dtrigueros. This is one my favorite pictures I have of my grandmother because I saw this every day in real life. Part of her routine was to put away the dishes each morning. It was her ‘trabajo (job)’ she said.

Tonight, her sedation levels are down from 32 to 24. Tomorrow morning, they will do another test. Leslie, the head nurse said she expects the numbers to be low enough tomorrow morning to take off the ventilator and see how she responds. Tonight, the family went out to dinner and had a pleasant time talking

cocina.JPG Originally uploaded by dtrigueros. This is one my favorite pictures I have of my grandmother because I saw this every day in real life. Part of her routine was to put away the dishes each morning. It was her ‘trabajo (job)’ she said.

I spoke to the nurse Leslie this morning, she’s the head nurse. She said gramma is urinating and her kidneys are working. I asked her if perhaps her kidneys were failing, but she said they’re fine. She said they performed another test this morning to see where her sedation levels are at. We’ll know more

Tonight, her sedation levels are down from 32 to 24. Tomorrow morning, they will do another test. Leslie, the head nurse said she expects the numbers to be low enough tomorrow morning to take off the ventilator and see how she responds. Tonight, the family went out to dinner and had a pleasant time talking

We’re home this morning, resting. We slept well last night. God’s grace. No medical updates as of now. This morning, I realized how my grandmother has been the center of my cultural and Spanish soul. Here at home, I speak Spanish all the time, to our children, to myself, to the walls. I do this

I spoke to the nurse Leslie this morning, she’s the head nurse. She said gramma is urinating and her kidneys are working. I asked her if perhaps her kidneys were failing, but she said they’re fine. She said they performed another test this morning to see where her sedation levels are at. We’ll know more

We’re home this morning, resting. We slept well last night. God’s grace. No medical updates as of now. This morning, I realized how my grandmother has been the center of my cultural and Spanish soul. Here at home, I speak Spanish all the time, to our children, to myself, to the walls. I do this

Tonight, the sedation in her body is still not leaving her. They want to bring her sedation levels down to 10 or 15. They’re at 30. It seems her body is not processing the meds out. Her liver/kidneys may be bad. They’ve been okay so far. So they’re not taking the ventilator off tonight. Tomorrow,