I spent several hours with Beta this afternoon and overlapped with Steve and two other friends. She is in a semi-private room with no neighbour, which is a huge improvement over the conditions at Mt. Sinai.
Beta's demeanour was a little low having hit the one week mark since the accident. That pretty much adds up to one week of waiting. And the waiting continues as her doctor is ready to go with the operation but they are waiting for an available operating room. She is in a very central urban hospital which takes on many trauma patients. They take priority with the o.r.'s, which Beta understands, of course. But it's not easy. When I left she was losing hope that the operation would happen today. If so, we'll hope for tomorrow.
She's no longer on the morphine drip but, instead, taking Percocet orally which her doctor, with good humour, informed her has a very high street value. Me, I know nothing about these things having only heard of Percocet from being an avid fan of the tv show 'House'.
We spoke a bit about life after the operation. She remains positive that she will recover fully but also realistic that it will take time. I reminded her that the support that awaits her is very broad and very strong.
I told her about our blog and the Facebook page. Although she's embarassed by all the attention I explained that these have been created to manage the outpouring of well wishes and offers of help. It just goes to show how valued she is by so many people.
I will likely see her again on Tuesday, if not sooner. I will try to take a laptop along (and hope for wireless internet) so that I can share the blog and the FB page with her.
Tomorrow her son will spend the day at our house with my two boys. That'll be a whirlwind!
Christina
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