An "incentive spirometer" -- bringing the fun and games of the fairground to the hospital setting. Breathe in and keep the little ball at the top as long as possible!So this morning Holly pops out of bed and is grabbing her I.V. pole just as the nurse walks around the corner.Holly says "Oh you caught me! I'm going for a walk." The nurse suggests that she might want a robe. We all agree this is a friendly place but not "that" friendly. So into the robe and away with pole we go. I was surprised by how fast she was going. We made the loop and got back to the room and that was about it for a while.
It looked like she was out for a while so I went for lunch and a walk around and got back to see her head off for an official walk with the therapist. The did some stair steps to see how that went. I said "Hey you haven't blown on your spirometer for while." so she blew on it a couple times until she maxed it out. She hadn't done that before because of the pain which is now diminished enough for her to toot her silent horn.
We are still waiting on labs. The second shift nurse will go over them with us at some point this afternoon. In the mean time more nap time for Holly
