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A Night with Karen

As Mel said earlier, Karen has been completely goofy. She slept for a couple of hours tonight, but woke when the nurse had to readjust the leads to her heart monitor. I pulled up her sleeping mask to talk to her a bit, and she said, “Where is the room I was just [...]

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Vent Free!!

After breathing on her own for the better part of 6 hours, Karen’s stats were good enough to be extubated, woohooo! John and I were literally dancing in the hallway trying to sneak a peek through the door. They’ll let us in in a few minutes after getting her settled. So exciting! More to come…

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