Cindy did not sleep well this past Friday night. The Respiratory Therapists kept waking her up every four hours to check her trachea and see how she is doing. This wakes her up and she has a difficult time falling back to sleep. She had spoken to her doctor before going to rehab and asked if she could not be disturbed by the Respiratory Team. He agreed, but forgot to writ it in the notes.
Saturday is a working rehab day for Cindy. Occupational Therapy included a shower in the morning. She was not able to wash her hair because the therapists did not know how to protect the trachea. Cindy hopes they will have better luck tomorrow morning.
The afternoon was Physical Therapy in the gym. While on the bike, Cindy fell asleep. She was too tired to keep her eyes open. The therapist told her she would take Cindy back to her room so she could take a nap and bring her back down later. Cindy said OK and fell asleep in her wheel chair. The next thing she knew, Cindy was in bed and the therapist was waking her up to go back to the gym. Cindy felt too tired to go, but she went anyway. First, she asked to have a note put on her door asking not to be woken up after her last respiratory treatment at eight. Tomorrow we’ll see if the respiratory knows how to read.