Gastrostomy tube, recovery estimate

Sorry about not getting to post anything during the daytime. I just got back from the hospital and it's already past midnight now. I didn't mean to leave you all waiting for today's update in antici...
pation.
I'm really tired, so this is going to be a very short post. Doctor says it's realistic to expect that if Denise pulls through, she'll be in a hospital for months, not weeks (CCU, then to a facility where they wean her off the machines). THEN more time for recovery at home. Thoughts of summer, work starting, and what to do with the kids will keep me awake for a few more hours tonight. The kids miss Denise bad enough as it is.
Gastrostomy tube was inserted today (feeding tube removed from mouth). PIC line also inserted (they removed the catheter in her neck). The infectious disease doctor called off the use of the cooling blanket, so Denise is relying on meds & ice to fight the fever. There was another bronchoscopy look-see (no visual sign of new infection, but washing was done & will be cultured).
A good thing happened just before I left late tonight. Denise's oxygen concentration was turned down to 55% (the lowest it's been while in CCU) and her saturation was still hovering around 92%. Let's hope that the trend can continue.

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