Friday, February 17 -video

Jackie had a great day on Thursday. Steve flew in again from Texas and she was moved out of ICU to the rehab floor at Crittenton. We are so thrilled that they accepted her to the floor. Her first day of rehab was Friday and the nurses reported that she worked hard and had a great attitude.

She had her scheduled Friday dialysis and as of Saturday her kidney numbers are moving in the right direction and her urine output is great. We just need the kidneys to start filtering so she can be done with dialysis. The temporary ports are starting to clog a little so we are hoping they kick in soon so they won't have to put new ports in.

She still has a special vac on her back wound which is collecting much more fluid than expected. This, along with the headaches she is having makes the doctors concerned about the possibility of spinal fluid leaking. When they did the original back surgery the protective coating around the spine had tears which the surgeon tried to patch, so this has been a concern from the start.