Bailey spent about 12 hours in the ICU before being transferred up to the Neuroscience (Stroke Ward). When Paul and I returned to the ICU on Saturday morning she was harassing the nurses, laughing and seemed to be well rested. The nurse told us that the Dr. had been in earlier in the morning and Bailey had asked him what was wrong with her leg and her arm. He explained to her that she had had a stroke. The nurse said Bailey cried for a bit and then seemed to accept it.
They said she was doing really well and that the doctors had OK'd the move upstairs to the "stroke ward." So, we packed her stuff - which was a surprisingly large amount considering we were only 3 days in - and rode the elevator to the 8th floor. We would stay in this new home until they found her a room at Sister Kenny.
The Neuroscience Ward had a comfy bed/couch for me and a decent TV. The staff was very attentive and pleasant. I am pretty sure Bay was the youngest person on the ward. Most of the folks were older than 40. There wasn't any real medical testing planned while she was on the 8th floor so we really just hung out. She was scheduled to start her therapies the next day but for now we got to just relax and enjoy being a family.
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