Overnight day 1

Peter and the girls came back to the ICU at 6:30pm and Rosie was able to have visits from 2 at a time. She was really tired and just wanted to go to sleep but one doesn't go to the ICU for a good sleep! Every half hour the nurse would shine a light in her eyes, ask her some pertinent questions like "who is the Prime Minister of Australia?", "what month is it", " where are you" etc. during the course of the afternoon and evening, Rosie's speech and response improved although she was shocked and bewildered when she was woken from deep sleep to do the "test".

Peter went back home last night. I wasn't allowed to stay with Rosie overnight but was free to call and check on her at any time. It was good to get some sleep but I called a couple of times during the night. She had a headache so was given pain relief around 2am then settled again. At 7am her blood pressure was a little low so her intravenous fluids were increased. During the night she was given half-hourly assessments till midnight then hourly so she was sleeping in small snatches. The nurse said she was going back to sleep pretty quickly after each assessment and was reluctant to wake up - not surprising.

The girls and I rang this morning at about 7:30 and talked to her. When I asked how she was feeling she said "tired" but she managed a short conversation with each of us. She is having a CT scan this morning which will give us more information. We three are being picked up soon to visit Jo Costantino (former cellist of NZSQ) who lives 5 mins away. She's lending us a car for the day so we'll come back to see Rosie at 11:00am. Jessye will hopefully meet and get to know Jo's daughter, Sofia, who will be in Japan for 7 weeks including the 3 weeks Jessye will be there from Jan 22.