Day 5 morning constitutional

I got to Rosie's room at 7:05 this morning and found the patient and the chaperone still asleep. I could have stayed in bed longer! Rosie was only lightly asleep because my opening the door a tiny bit and peeping in woke her up. The nurses were on their massed walkabout and would have woken her up any minute anyway so I didn't feel too bad. She agreed to go for a walk so put her ortho and shoes on and took her Panadol which she's started regulating herself, pacing it for when it will be most useful. We went to the 3rd floor garden. Rosie is walking more confidently each day and I felt comfortable not actually holding onto her but just staying on the alert near her this morning. There is a nice boardwalk for walking laps. Rosie's window is on the right in this picture.








I asked Rosie about her night. She slept quite well, waking at 2am with a little nausea but soon falling back asleep. She was woken at 5:45am for obs and then nodded off again. So last night, headaches were not an issue.




We checked out the physio room but it was locked until the physios show up at 8:00 or so. She had a headache and a little nausea when we got back to her room so has had anti-nausea med. Headache or nausea or both are sometimes the consequence of getting up and exercising but mustn't stop her from increasing her activity.
Here is the garden view from her window.


Rosie remembered that today is Jenny's birthday. Jenny is Peter's sister who lives in Wellington.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JENNY!!!!!!!!! Xxxxxxxxxxxx