Thursday, October 11, 2007

after the machine

now that the big scary machine is gone

forever we hope, the nurse cleaned her up

and now she's resting

comfortably, hopefully

she's still under heavy sedation

they decided to let her rest and heal more today

and for the rest of the evening


and maybe tomorrow, they will do the tracheostomy

tracheotomy |ˌtrākēˈätəmē| (also tracheostomy |-ˈästəmē|) noun ( pl. -mies)

an incision in the windpipe made to relieve an obstruction to breathing.

they need to get the ventilator out of her throat

lots of time there's damage to the voice box


i can't imagine what it would be like to never hear her

sweet little voice again

that would shatter my life

and living so far apart with only the phone as our lifeline

well -whew

we'll see what tomorrow brings

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