Lifesavers for Latasha

Slow and steady wins the race, right? In Latasha’s case, we are in a prolonged, steady, methodical, almost purgatory-like race to get out of the ICU.

If you will, it’s like Groundhog’s Day (the movie, not the holiday), a frustrating and repetitive purgatory that is necessary from a medical standpoint but not so much from a practical standpoint.

Each day is the same thing. We’re just waiting to see what happens with the blood thinner and lung hematoma. Tasha’s internal systems are getting a little bit better each day, but that doesn’t do anything for her mental and emotional health.

Our next immediate goal is to keep the step-down private room insight, followed by the next goal of getting discharged. Hopefully, next week will bring a whirlwind of goodness.

The doctors recognize that mental and emotional health is just as important as physical health and do their best to have empathy, but they only go so far when battling ICU boredom. Tasha and I have been passing the time by talking, watching crime shows on TV, watching Netflix on the iPad, FaceTiming family, reading, and chatting with the nurses.

Now that her hand strength has returned, I plan on getting her some supplies to start journaling.

Today’s highlight was our nurse, Stevie. She let us listen to Tasha’s new heart!!! How cool is that! The Cleveland Clinic caregivers are just exceptional.

Tasha walked another 250 feet like a boss. One of the physical therapist assistants, Colin (seen in the video), started her PT journey after her HLT in week two, and today was his last day before starting school for his Doctorate in Physical Therapy. Tasha gave him the honor of being the first to sign her pillow.

Overall, it was a pretty good day, considering it feels like purgatory sometimes. But as Tasha and I both believe, life is what you make of it and how you frame it. So, to that end, we are doing our absolute best to frame every day as an opportunity to be great and achieve whatever the day’s goals are.

Until next time, friends.