Exactly one week after surgery, Linda is right on track in terms of the progress projected by her doctors. We got a couple of the 5-10 minute periods of walking in, as this is what was directed by her physical therapists. Next week the periods grow by about 5 more minutes. She is quite mobile in terms of getting around the house, but is easily exhausted.
She cannot lift more than about 5 pounds, and to be safe I prefer her to lift nothing above about two pounds (I'm a worry wart). She is such an independent person that relying on others to lift things for her can be hard to remember to do (and to ask of someone), but we constantly remind her that we are there to do these things for her. Better safe than sorry. We say this especially now because her next door neighbor in the hospital had opened up her chest incision (even when it was healed) because she refused to take it a bit easier.
Getting a good night's rest has also been quite the hardship, but hopefully this will be remedied by the hospital bed that was delivered to her home tonight.
Because she had a bit of fluid already in her lungs when the surgery was performed, she needs to work even harder at her deep breathing exercises to bring both lungs back to full capacity.
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